Characteristics of Phobias Phobias are an irrational fear of an object, place or situation that causes a constant avoidance of said object, place or situation. All phobias are characterised ...
Statistical Infrequency Statistical infrequency This definition looks at behaviours through statistics, measuring which behaviours are statistically normal and abnormal Statistics are gather...
Deviation from Ideal Mental Health Deviation from ideal mental health This definition assesses mental health in the same way physical health is assessed Once it is established how individual...
Failure to Function Adequately Failure to function adequately States individuals are abnormal when they are unable to cope with everyday life and this is evident in their behaviour Abnormal ...
Deviation from Social Norms Abnormality has always been incredibly hard to define in psychology. This is down to psychologists being unable to agree on the causes of abnormalities, they disa...
The Influence of Early Attachment on Childhood & Adult Relationships Internal working model According to Bowlby, the attachment a child has with its primary caregiver provides the infant...
Romanian Orphan Studies: Effects of Institutionalisation During the 1990s, horrific images flooded the news of children in poor conditions in Romanian orphanages. The former Romanian preside...
Bowlby's Theory of Maternal Deprivation Bowlby's Theory of Maternal Deprivation (MDH) explains what happens when an attachment is broken between an infant and their mother or mother figure, ...
Cultural Variations in Attachment, including Van ljzendoorn One of the biggest criticisms aimed at Ainsworth's original study was that it was ethnocentric, only using a US sample. Over the n...
