Overview
Qualification Grading Type
Graded
This unit is expiring
The expiry date of this unit is 31/07/2029.
Graded
Understand the concept of psychological abnormality.
Define abnormality in terms of; statistical infrequency, deviation from social norms, failure to function adequately, deviation from mental health.
Assess limitations associated with these definitions.
For example, cultural relativism.
Understand biological and psychological models of abnormality.
Explain assumptions made by biological models of abnormality.
Explain assumptions made by psychological models of abnormality:
Be able to analyse a psychological disorder.
Analyse a disorder in terms of the biological and psychological models of abnormality.
Evaluate potential treatment approaches for the chosen disorder.