Question

Cultural expectations and values are often violated in the absence of a psychological disorder. In some cases, individuals are said to be eccentric, rather than possibly suffering from a mental illness. For example, fans of a film may show up for a premiere dressed as characters. Such behavior may be seen as unusual but acceptable. What considerations should be made when trying to determine whether a behavior meets the criterion of being atypical?

Answer 1

Explanation:

The abnormal behavior is that it deviates from normal and not comes under the criteria of social norms. The study of this abnormal behavior is called abnormal psychology. abnormal behavior is hard yo define. First of all in the society what people expect to be normal because it varies culture to culture.

For example when British people first moved to America they foil work the land rear animals on it because they have a good idea about the difference between public and private land. However, the Americans think land is public they don't believe in fencing land. They used the land for harvesting, not for livestock.

Criteria for abnormal behavior:

• Violation of a social norm
• Bizarre behavior
• Extremely low