4A - Criteria used to categorise typical and atypical behaviour

Question 1

Typical develop

Answer 1

when behaviors, skills, or abilities fall within the expected range of development or progress at a similar pace compared to peers of the same

Question 2

Typical behviour

Answer 2

patterns of behaviors that expected of an individual or that conform to stand arm of what is acceptable for a given situation

Question 3

atypical behaviors

Answer 3

patterns of behavior that are not expected for an individual or that deviate from the norm and can be harmful or distressing for the individual and those around them

Question 4

atypical behvoiurs

Answer 4

when behaviors, skills or abilities fall outside that expected range of development or progress at a different pace compared to similar-aged peer

Question 4

culrual perspectives

Answer 4

a criterions for determining whether behavior is typical or atypical by accounting for cultural norms or societal standards

Question 5

social norms

Answer 5

shared standard or beliefs about what is normal, acceptable or typical behaviors

Question 6

statistical rarity

Answer 6

a criterion that views abnormal or atypical behaviors as deviating singing from that statistical average or mean

Question 7

personal disress

Answer 7

a state in which a person experiences unpleasant or upsetting emotions
- anxiety, overwhelmed

Question 8

maladpitve behoiurs

Answer 8

behavior that is unhelpful, dysfunctional and non-productive
- interferes with adjustment to enviro

Question 9

What is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)?

Answer 9

A handbook used to diagnose psychiatric illnesses, published by the American Psychiatric Association.