ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR

Abnormal Behavior

Abnormal Behavior

Introduction

The most precise definition of abnormality can be the divergence from what a group thinks acceptable or right. For behavior under different situations, every group frames a set of expectations and regulations, or standards. A standard might be clear or implied, but the group acceptance and association are mainly interpreted observing their obedience to the standard. Standard deviation is frequently dejected due to the intimidation of group reliability and unity, and frequent standard infringements might result in harmful end results for the abnormal person. Evidently, groups may differ in structure and size and the level of impact their standards have on one's own behavior would depend partly on the level one worth being a part of that group and within the group, how dominant one's own behavior is. The apparent limitation of this point of view is that any new or unusual behavior that goes against a group's pre-existing standards would be labeled and treated as unusual (Kottler, 2002).

Assessing personal suffering or sorrow as a way of describing abnormality includes gauging the rate, duration and intensity of signs which are emotional, physical and cognitive or a mixture of all of them. On the other hand, using dysfunction contains factors of interpersonal operation, using distress could be thought of as a way of determining intrapersonal operation. Personal degrees of anguish, nervousness, pain and onwards are significant pointers of abnormal behavior irrespective of social standards, statistical scarcity or every day performance (Phillips, Walker and Reynolds, 2000).

Causes

We need to focus on the causes of abnormal behavior in order to understand abnormal behavior. Different perceptions may be used to interpret abnormal behavior. Given below are some models reflecting various features of mental disorders.

GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Genetic and Biological models declare the psychological disorders as syndromes, and signs of psychological disorders arise due to the factors like imperfections in the brain, biochemical imbalances and genetic predispositions. Genetic models of psychological disorder propose that psychopathology is inherited from parents, and there is certainly evidence for the ancestral transmission of various disorders (Waterland and Garza, 1999).



PSYCHODYNAMICS AND THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP

Freud highlighted the part in the building up of psychological illness, played by the early parent-child bond. Modern psychodynamic models also propose that the early parent-child bond is the real basis of psychological disease, and that whatever runs in the brain of the child (and the adult) is imperative (Langley-Evans and Sculley, 2006). However, Freud's model is different from these models because these emphasize on interpersonal relationships more than the inner conflict (Lillycrop, 2005).

ATTACHMENT AND SECURITY

The attachment model of psychopathology is very much similar with the modern psychodynamic models as it also emphasizes on the early parent-child relationship and the ways of guidance to the development individual's resulting models. This model was developed by Bowlby. Research supports this hypothesis, as 'secure' adults and children express less psychopathology than 'insecure' adults and children (Monte & Sollod, 2003).

LEARNED BEHAVIOUR

Behavioral models propose that every kind of behavior including abnormal, is a learning ...