Failure to function adequately

• Failure to function adequately is another definition of abnormality
• You cannot adequately function if you cannot cope with the demands of day to day life
• Criteria of failure to function adequately

  1. Dysfunctional behaviour
  2. Observer discomfort
  3. Unpredictable behaviour
  4. Irrational behaviour
  5. Personal distress
• Dysfunctional behaviour = behaviour goes against accepted standards of behaviour
• Observer discomfort = Behaviour causes for others to feel uncomfortable
• Unpredictable behaviour = Impulsive behaviour that seems to be uncontrollable
• Irrational behaviour = Behaviour that's unreasonable and illogical
• Personal distress = being affected by an emotion to an excessive degree
• Ticking more than one criteria for failure to function makes someone considered to be abnormal