Abnormal Behavior Assignment

Abnormal Behavior Assignment

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Abnormal Behavior Assignment

Your textbook lists seven criteria that psychologists use when labeling someone’s behavior as “disturbed” or “abnormal.”  Click here to view the list from your textbook.

Psychologists may use a combination of these criteria for determining that behavior is disturbed or abnormal. Of the seven criteria for abnormal behavior, which two do you think are most valid? Which two are the least valid?

In the discussion, identify the two most valid criteria and the two leastvalid criteria. Provide an argument for your position, stating your rationale for your choices.

Please be sure you address each question, using terms and concepts from your text. A good initial discussion response should be at least 150–250 words in length.

To complete this assignment, review sites in Module 1, as there is not a supplemental reading for this module.
Use 15-20 slides to prepare a PowerPoint presentation as a resource for special education teachers and parents about the history of learning disabilities and the research on learning through vision and language.
Provide substantial definitions and discuss discrepancies that may cause misidentification of students. Include strategies to prevent misdiagnosis at elementary and secondary levels, giving special attention to males.
Offer resources and strategies at home and school to deal with learning disabilities.

Abnormality is a behavioral characteristic assigned to those with conditions regarded as rare or dysfunctional. Behavior is considered abnormal when it is atypical or out of the ordinary, consists of undesirable behavior, and results in impairment in the individual’s functioning.