a. Normal and abnormal behavior are on a continuum.
What is considered normal and what is considered abnormal? It is often difficult to distinguish between what is normal vs what isn’t. Normally a person might take what they view in their particular culture and use it as the standard for how one acts, behaves, looks etc. But with normal and abnormal behavior on a continuum what may be thought of as odd, or abnormal in one culture may be completely normal in another. Normal and abnormal behavior lying on a continuum means that normal and abnormal behaviors aren’t perceptively different from one another. Often times a person may classify something as normal by showering it with a bunch of subjective individualistic criteria based off their experiences …show more content…
For example, it is considered normal for a 5 year-old to play with toys, but abnormal for a 30 year-old. The age disparity here would classify one behavior as normal and the other abnormal. Because they are on a continuum it is difficult to classify the behavior as normal or abnormal. The 5-year old playing with toys represents a developmental stage of childhood while a 30 year-old playing with toys automatically means something is wrong with him. The behavior is indistinguishable, meaning that playing with toys can be normal or abnormal, but when age is added depending on what culture, or society you live in it may be labeled as normal, or …show more content…
If a person’s parent has schizophrenia, the heritability rate is less than if both your parents were schizophrenic. This means that there is some variability and one parent having it does not determine whether or not you will inherit and two parents who have it just means a person’s chances of inheriting it increases. Ultimately, inheriting the genes of a mentally ill person suggests you are susceptible to developing the illness but it does not determine whether or not you will have the
What is considered normal and what is considered abnormal? It is often difficult to distinguish between what is normal vs what isn’t. Normally a person might take what they view in their particular culture and use it as the standard for how one acts, behaves, looks etc. But with normal and abnormal behavior on a continuum what may be thought of as odd, or abnormal in one culture may be completely normal in another. Normal and abnormal behavior lying on a continuum means that normal and abnormal behaviors aren’t perceptively different from one another. Often times a person may classify something as normal by showering it with a bunch of subjective individualistic criteria based off their experiences …show more content…
For example, it is considered normal for a 5 year-old to play with toys, but abnormal for a 30 year-old. The age disparity here would classify one behavior as normal and the other abnormal. Because they are on a continuum it is difficult to classify the behavior as normal or abnormal. The 5-year old playing with toys represents a developmental stage of childhood while a 30 year-old playing with toys automatically means something is wrong with him. The behavior is indistinguishable, meaning that playing with toys can be normal or abnormal, but when age is added depending on what culture, or society you live in it may be labeled as normal, or …show more content…
If a person’s parent has schizophrenia, the heritability rate is less than if both your parents were schizophrenic. This means that there is some variability and one parent having it does not determine whether or not you will inherit and two parents who have it just means a person’s chances of inheriting it increases. Ultimately, inheriting the genes of a mentally ill person suggests you are susceptible to developing the illness but it does not determine whether or not you will have the