Concepts of normality and abnormality The presence of a mental disorder may be considered a deviation from mental health norms and hence the study of mental disorders is often known as abnormal psychology Normal" and "abnormal‚" as applied to human behavior‚ are relative terms. Many people use these classifications subjectively and carelessly‚ often in a judgmental manner‚ to suggest good or bad behavior. As defined in the dictionary‚ their accurate use would seem easy enough: normal--conforming
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Genetic Variation in Sordaria Finicola Introduction: The purpose of the Sordaria Lab was to explore the affects of genetic variation caused by meiosis and to record how sexual reproduction] affects the amount of crossing over in certain strains of Sordaria Fimicola. These organisms are ascomycetes and are also known as sac fungi. This is because the shape of their asci is in the form of a sac; inside each sac there are structures called ascospores. It is these structures‚ ascospores‚ where genetic
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The concept of abnormality can be imprecise and difficult to define. However‚ a person’s trait can be classified as abnormal if it is rare or statistically unusual. Therefore‚ every culture has standards for certain behaviors‚ or what we refer to as socially acceptable norms. Norms are ways of behaving in a society according to the majority and those members of a society who do not think and behave like everyone else. Hence‚ they break these norms so are often defined as abnormal. Also‚ a person
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Unit 4-M1 Lifespan Development- Nature or Nurture Throughout this piece of work I will be briefly recapping all 5 of the factors from P2 and explaining the causes of them. I will also be explaining if they are nature or nurture and why. Income: Income is money received from work (wage or salary) on a regular basis‚ it can be poor or good income and it has many effects. The poor income is when money is from of benefits as they wouldn’t get much money to
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Down Syndrome Although many theories have been developed‚ it is not known what actually causes Down syndrome. Some professionals believe that hormonal abnormalities‚ X-rays‚ viral infections‚ immunologic problems‚ or genetic predisposition may be the cause of the improper cell division resulting in Down syndrome. It has been known for some time that the risk of having a child with Down syndrome increases with advancing age of the mother; i.e.‚ the older the mother‚ the greater the possibility
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Amazingly‚ although the DNA is very tightly folded‚ it is compacted in a way that allows it to easily become available to the many enzymes in the cell that replicate it‚ repair it‚ and use its genes to produce proteins [2]. There are number of steps in chromosomal compaction. In the first level of compaction‚ 147 base pair (bp) of negatively charged DNA wraps 1.65 times around eight positively charged histone core proteins‚ with two copies of the four histones H2A‚ H2B‚ H3‚ and H4‚ forming a nucleosome core
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TC will attend the local primary school in September. She would like TC’s SNA to continue on with him through primary. *TC is what I’ am calling the participant. Down Syndrome Down syndrome is not a disease. It is a result of a chromosomal disorder. There are about 5‚000 people in Ireland with Down syndrome. It is the most common cause of learning disability‚ it is
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about 1 in 35 pregnancies results in a baby with Down syndrome. Because younger women generally have more children‚ about 75 - 80% of children with Down syndrome are born to younger women. Cause of Down Syndrome Down syndrome occurs because of an abnormality characterised by an extra copy of genetic material on all or part of the 21st chromosome. There are normally 46 chromosomes in each cell‚ 23 inherited from your mother and 23 from your father. When some or all of a person ’s cells have an extra
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may fall into yet another class of things. Models of Abnormality are general hypotheses as to the nature of psychological abnormalities. The four main models to explain psychological abnormality are the Biological‚ Behavioural‚ Humanistic‚ and Psychodynamic models. They all attempt to explain the causes and cures for all psychological illnesses‚ and all from a different approach. 1. The Biological (Medical) Model The medical of abnormality model has dominated the psychiatric profession since the
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INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES Question 10 “Abnormality is very difficult to define. It can be hard to decide where normal behaviour ends and abnormal behaviour begins” Discuss two or more definitions of abnormality AO1 = 6 marks Knowledge and understanding of definitions of abnormality. AO2 = 6 marks Commentary on definitions of abnormality. The term ‘abnormal’ means deviating from the average. Therefore‚ if we were to adopt a literal approach to defining abnormality‚ we would conclude that any rare
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