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1. Is this person "normal" or "abnormal"?  Justify your answer.

2. Do you think this person is in need of psychological intervention, like going to see a therapist or being prescribed psychiatric medication?  Why or why not?

3. Do you think that everyone would agree to your answers to the two questions above?  What could be a reason why someone else might think differently?

Post your responses below each scenario!

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In your groups - decide whether or not this behaviour is still “abnormal” according to your allocated approach:

Group 1: Medical Approach

Group 2: Statistical Approach

Group 3: Sociocultural Approach

Share your responses below each scenario in the padlet

Challenge – come up with 1 strength and 1 limitation of your criteria when it comes to deciding if a behaviour is abnormal or not?

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Bereavement occurs and these are just side effects. Therapy could be provided if in need.

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Normal, unless it affects physical health (she doesn't feel any joy and rarely leaves the house). Needs support!!

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This is normal behaviour considering the circumstances and likely therapy is a good solution.

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abnormal. needs intervention as she is experiencing hallucinations.

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We think this person is normal but because its been nine months since the passing of her husband and she can't take care of herself, that she should seek help.

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I believe normal as a part of grief, but would benefit from seeing a therapist. Talking may help her to express what she is feeling instead of keeping it all in. 

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I believe normal as a part of grief, but would benefit from seeing a therapist. Talking may help her to express what she is feeling instead of keeping it all in. 

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Probably different people would have different opinions on this, some may say grief doeś’t last that long

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She needs intervension or aid as this may be a disorder or biological disfunction.

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Grieving is normal and understandable however when it takes over your whole and you have no moments of joy it can become an issue. I think that she does need psychological intervention, like a therapist , especially because of the amount of time that has passed. People might have different opinions of how long someone grieve should and different people will have different types of relationships with those people that affects how long they grieve.

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not abnormal. Things that have been fed to society for long time. therapy could be considered but at the time it does not seem harmful physically.

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While this is mildly obsessive behaviour, it's normal to reach a point of your life where you don't want to age, if this is not causing her harm or extreme distress then it's normal.

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Worried about her career. Therapy could be useful if stress goes too far.

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not abnormal but would benefit from talking to a therapist to reduce her stress and worry. When the behavior begins to take over her life it becomes abnormal

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It is normal to feel self-contious of age due to biological changes and even though this example is extreme, I dont believe it is normal if it isnt causing her too much harm.

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not abnormal but drugs could be a concern. School could maybe provide support

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Hallucinations might be a symptom of ptsd or depression. She is in need of psychological intervention.

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This is abnormal because it is an auditory hallucination, meaning Carrie is hearing something that isn't actually there.  She is in need of psychological intervention because these we need to find out what triggered these hallucinations. 

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This is abnormal because it is an auditory hallucination, meaning Carrie is hearing something that isn't actually there.  She is in need of psychological intervention because these we need to find out what triggered these hallucinations. 

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being worried is not abnormal but the extent of worrying is. John should seek psychological intervention.

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Needs interventions, probably medication

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It is normal, however there is supposed to be a limit, and maybe she has to boost her self confidence

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abnormal. Therapy and maybe medication to help anxiety and obsessive thought processes

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General behaviour may be normal but the usage of drugs is a concern and may need some form of therapy or rehab like facility to fix.

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This is abnormal because she's hallucinating something that isn't there, this could eventually lead to her becoming obsessed with what she hears or becoming a harm to herself and others.

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Normal behavior, and if this is happened during the pandemic then it is totally fine to be cautious about your well-being 

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Normal behavior, and if this is happened during the pandemic then it is totally fine to be cautious about your well-being 

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Sounds like it is a serious problem, needs medication

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How people dress and act could be outside the norm or a stereotype, but drugs could be a problem.

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This is overly obsessive but i dont believe it is abnormal but rather just an obsession that may need something suchas therapy to aid.

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This normal because she lost someone she loved, however it may be a good idea to seek help. 

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This normal because she lost someone she loved, however it may be a good idea to seek help. 

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Carrie as she has hallucinations needs psychological intervention and medical help

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But needs an adult supervisor, because drug problems are serious

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But may benefit from seeing a therapist because of the drugs

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While she may get in some worrying situations, she is doing things that teenagers are curious about and want to experience, while this may result in difficult scenarios, she is not unwell, and can function normally.

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not abnormal if she seems happy, she might differ from others but can still live a completely normal life. Could be an indicator of an underlying problem but so could a huge amount of other behaviors. No psychological intervention needed.

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Liking to be clean is not abnormal, but to John's extent it is acting as a phobia. He should seek psychological intervention.

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It doesn't matter what she is wearing, she is expressing herself and it's good. But when it comes to the drugs, a school should contribute to it and give some extra support

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It is statistically normal for a person to be grieving for the loss of a person

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Statistically it is normal for a model to want to have plastic surgery due to the nature of their job

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This is not a common phenomena which would make it abnormal statistically

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Through the medical approach this is abnormal because it can be treated by medicine.

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Through the medical approach this is abnormal because it can be treated by medicine.

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not abnormal, no biological treatment, grief is not a medical 'disorder'

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Abnormal as disorders like OCD can be treated by medicine, hence according to the medical approach it is abnormal

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Normal as to this extent it can not be treated by medicine.

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In our time, it is statistically normal for a person to be worried or obsessive over this kind of issue.

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not abnormal
not to an extreme enough extent where it aligns with disorder or where it can be treated with medication

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Strengths and limitations of Statistical approach

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Strengths and limitations of Statistical approach

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High amounts of activity doesent mean it is normal behaviour (such as suiside)

This does not take into consideration cultural norms or anything that would be normal in one area and different in another area.

Strengths are that it does generally work at defining what could and couldent be abnormal.

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depending on the culture and seeing as the woman was a housewife and assuming she was dependent on her husband for economical and emotional support. this situation could therefor be excused as normal due to her losing large amount of her support system.

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Often the disorders will have to be of an extreme extent before it is noticed. 'Visible' symptoms have to be noticed first.
Biological treatment can be very affective and an easy to deal with solution for the patient.
however often other important factors are not taken into account because the focus is purely the medical.