Question

What is the difference between what is considered normal and abnormal behavior or thinking? In today’s growing technological age, can you think of any new criteria that should be considered in defining abnormal behavior or thinking? How might the proliferation of various media and the Internet affect the development of eating disorders in cultures not previously impacted by them? Name some behaviors that are considered normal today that were not normal 50 years ago.

Answer 1

• Normal and abnormal behaviour in psychology: Abnormal behavior and thinking is the deviation from the 'normal' aspects of behavior.Based on the statistical evidences, cultural bias, maladaptiveness in behavior and distressing factors are the strata that define normality or abnormality.During the normal thinking patterns, a person is optimally functional for daily schedules, but this is not the case of abnormality.In the latter, mental instability causes impairments that results in dysfunction of normal functioning.
• In the present scenario, 'selfie ' can be considered as an abnormal behavior as the continuous obsession for this among adolescents and youth can create havoc in their personal life.This repetitive behavior can result in many psychological problems, such as attention seeking behavior, anxiety, depression, OCD, narcissistic personality issues etc.
• 50 years back marriages took place at an early age.Now this has completely changed.

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