AO1

• statistical in frequency is how often we come across something
• any reletively unusual behaviour or characteristics can be thought of as normal or abnormal
• the normal distribution curve the majority of people in the middle and these people are thought to be 'normal'
• those at the ends of the normal distribution curve are defined as abnormal
• statistical infrequency is mathmatical way because its scientific
• deviations of social norms is when our behaviour is different from what society wants it to be
• social norms are implicit rules about how to and how not to behave
• faliure to function adequately is when a person may cross the line between normal and abnormal at the point where they cannot cope with the demands of everyday life
• when not functioning adequetly they might not be able to hold down a job or maintain a relationship with the people around them
• how do you know if someone is struggling to cope

  they have emotional distress, irrationality, unpredicatbility
• deviations from ideal mental health ignores the way it makes someone abnormal but instead looks at what makes u normal
• jahoda put in place the ideal mental health
• johda said there were 6 criteria to make someone have the ideal mental health
• what are three of the characterisitcs that you must meet to be considered normal?

  positive attitude towards the self, self-actualisation and resistance to stres
• what does it mean to have a positive attitude towards the self?

  individual should feel happy about themselves and have a positive attitude
• what does it mean to reach self-actualisation?

  persons ability to be content with themselves
• what does it mean to be resistant to stress?

  their ability to cope with stressful conditions