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pepyto

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on: Jun 22, 2018
Discuss why the following criteria are not completely satisfactory in defining abnormality: psychological dysfunction, digress, and culturally expected behavior.
 
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In the categorical vs. dimensional classification debate, supporters of the dimensional view of personality disorders believe this system is superior because
 
  a. there is too much overlap among the symptoms of the different disorders.
  b. the clusters help to categorize but are not based on scientific evidence.
  c. there is high comorbidity among the personality disorders
 d. all of the above


mammy1697

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Psychological dysfunction is not totally satisfactory because behavior is on a continuum, and a milder version of impairment would not meet the criteria for a disorder. As for personal distress, by itself, this criterion does not define abnormal behavior because distress can be a normal reaction to a traumatic situation. Also, for some of the psychological disorders, by definition, suffering and distress are absent. Atypical or not culturally accepted are insufficient when they refer to someone such as a person with an exceptionally high IQ who is atypical but not disordered. Culturally unacceptable is not sufficient because what may be atypical in one culture is perfectly acceptable in another.

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