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Psychology AS Level Individual Differences/Abnormality We define behaviour as abnormal if it falls into one of the following categories: Behaviour that is statistically infrequent Behaviour that deviates from social norms Behaviour, which prevents an individual from functioning adequately Behaviour that deviates from ideal mental health Statistical Infrequency If behaviour is frequent it is normal, if it is infrequent then it is abnormal Some behaviour is measured on a quantitative scale e.g. how much anxiety someone experiences This is the same for some physical characteristics e.g. height This definition depends on comparing an individual's behaviour to that of the average person Evaluation Many behaviours are statistically rare but still desirable and healthy e.g. music and maths talent There are behaviours that are not rare but not desirable either e.g. killing Jews in Nazi Germany This equated conformists with normality yet non-conformists are valuable to society There is no point where behaviour goes from normal to abnormal Because of these points many people use this in conjunction...

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