Abnormal Psychology: Abnormality

1) Ab customaryity is defined from an average where habitual behaviour is defined as normal and antiquated behaviour is defined as abnormal. These characteristics suffer be orientn and placed on a scale graph that would reveal how common their score is in comparison to everyone else. There argon problems deciding how r be behaviour has to be to be considered abnormal, phobias could be defined as normal as they affect a lot of the population. Different cultures have distinguishable definitions of being abnormal. Something that is rare to use might be defined as normal to a different culture.Statistical infrequency is a counsel to define events that are more or less(prenominal) common, this frequency is represented with a curve the closely common events are the high diverge of this curve and the less common are the lowest part of the curve. The most infrequent farerences are considered abnormal and statistically infrequent these are events that occur rarely. In some situation s statistical infrequency is used to define cordial retardation, but statistical infrequency doesnt focus on the sturdy points only, abnormal behaviour isnt always undesirable e. . being break away at sports, geniuss. Using statistical infrequency means we are unable to distinguish the good and bad abnormalities. 2) The diagnostic landmark for the unhurried is schizophrenic disorder the posit will evaluate the patient role and ask to the highest degree symptoms, medical history, and agnize if theres some(prenominal)thing physically wrong with the patient. There are no tests to identify psychological illnesses, the doctor would send the patient for tests to rule expose any other illnesses first.If theres nothing physically wrong and the symptoms persist the doctor may refer the patient to a psychiatrist these people are trained for treating genial illnesses. These trained people use a curiously designed interview to evaluate the person, they also see how the person is de ep down themselves and socially, and watch the persons attitude and behaviour, the doctor would ask if they have Hallucinations,Delusions If extremely bizarre, they would see if their speech is Disorganised They can usually diagnose a kind disorder based on these factors.Doctors may misdiagnose patients suffering with schizophrenia symptoms, the patient may be embarrassed about being diagnosed with this condition so may not tell the doctor about hallucinations or any other disturbing behaviour, its difficult to diagnose schizophrenia with it being a mental disorder an may be diagnosed as another mental condition. 3) Discuss evidence that schizophrenia has a biological cause. Twin studies show that they have a higher concordance rates than dizypotic twins. The closer the congeneric the higher the concordance .Biological causes schizophrenia Our genes are involved with the inheritance or development of schizophrenia, multiple chromosomes are transmitted to people in generations and are later diagnosed with schizophria, there is a 70% relegate of acquire schizophrenia. Evidence shows that identical twins do not develop schizophrenia, i resent study shows that 28% of twins have a chance of developing schizophrenia if the other twin already has it. Stress can cause episopes of schizophrenia, there are also other factors like poverty, myopic diet, ill health, drug use.Researchers have found that people suffering from schizophrenia tend to have been born in winter. There are no definite causes of schizophrenia. Chemotherapy is used to treat chemical imbalances in the brain, its changes the way the brain and body wagers. 4) Discuss the role of the family in the author of schizophrenia. The double bind theory states that schizophrenia is a abnormal spue n in family communication, a person is fathern mutually foreign signals by another person, this places the person in an arkward situation causing conflict.Liem et al compared communication patterns within the family with an without a schizophrenia, there was evidence that families process a role in relapse of schizophrenia patients following stabilisation. Familys hign in critgicism, enmity lead to more relapse, the double bind theory is a reprehensible communication within the family, the use of confusion makes it difficult to respond or to resist conflict. 5) Evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive therapy for schizophrenia, and discuss problems in assessing its effectiveness. This preaching is increasingly popular this has good success rates for epression, OCD, eating disorders and anxiety, its less effective with schizophrenia and dipolar depression. It works by the way we bet at attitudes that influence our behaviour, irrational thinking is seen to be the cause of the mental disorders it also works by changing the way the client thinks. This therapy has few side effects than any other treatments, this is a long term strategy but could make the patient worse if it doesnt work a nd its not a quick recovery process. People could give up on this treatment feeling its not running(a) because it takes a long time.