AO3

• Deviation from Social Norms:

  Pros:

  • Holistic - accounts for all aspects of behaviour
  • More accurate

  Cons:

  • Subjective - harder to generalise, lacking ecological validity
  • Cultural relativism - relies on stereotypical norms leading to discrimination
• Deviation from ideal mental health:

  Pros:

  • Mental health is comprehensive covering a broad criteria and allowing people to seek help

  Cons:

  • Cultural relativism - the concept of self-actualisation may be seen as selfish in collectivist cultures and thus, deemed abnormal
  • Each element of Jahoda's mental health is difficult to measure as they can vary between individuals - it is harder to generalise
• Failure to Function Adequately:

  Pros:

  • Objective measure - helps scale the severity of depression and therefore more accurate

  Cons:

  • exaggerate the severity of the disorder
  • Culturally relative - everyday life can vary from culture to culture
• Statistical Infrequency:

  Pros:

  • Generalisability - same measure for everyone

  Cons:

  • Automatically labels abnormal characteristics as a negative even if it isn't eg. high IQ