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PSY 215 Module One Milestone Template Using this template, respond to the below prompts, which focus on deconstructing the stigma associated with abnormal behavior. Support your position with a minimum of 3 to 5 sentences per bullet, using credible sources. Complete this template by replacing the bracketed text with the relevant information.  Often a person describes an abnormal behavior as weird—a term that can elicit a range of emotional responses (e.g., fear, anger, guilt, curiosity, withdrawal, compassion). Describe a common psychological reaction that a person might have after hearing this description of the behavior of another person. When behavior doesn’t have an easy explanation, we may interpret it as dangerous. Mistrust, fear, and even suspicion are common reactions when met with behavior that deviates from the norm. In The Voices in My Head (Longden, 2013) , Longden describes her friend’s horrified reaction after learning of a voice that narrates rudimentary routines throughout her day. She states that “the implication that other people don’t hear voices and that I did made it clear something was seriously wrong” (Longden, 2013, 2:30).  Describe why witnessing an abnormal behavior may cause a person to experience psychological discomfort . Abnormal behavior threatens our safety and legitimacy in the world. We all lead lives with some level of personal bias, and abnormality forces us to confront those biases and reexamine our thinking. If someone is uncomfortable with accepting their own biases, they may become defensive, or angry instead. Eleanor’s psychiatrist was uncomfortable treating her schizophrenia because she believed Eleanor was incurable (Longden, 2013). Her psychiatrist would have preferred to treat Eleanor for a physical illness, because then a definitive treatment plan could be put into place. Without full understanding of Eleanor’s behavior, the psychiatrist took a grim view, imposing a sense of hopelessness onto Eleanor herself.  Describe the feelings a person may experience when witnessing a behavior that deviates from the norm. A person may feel horror, anger, or even pity for those exhibiting strange behavior. Those with abnormality are more likely to be harmed than harm others, yet the majority of the population fears those with mental illnesses are dangerous (Ross, 2019). Behavior that deviates the norm may also be trivialized if, for instance, a person exhibits an uncommon talent. “In defining abnormality, we make value judgements” (Hooley et al, Ch. 1.1, para. 5). Feelings can vary greatly when witnessing atypical behavior: for example, a person with Savant syndrome may be highly admired when utilizing their abilities for scientific breakthrough, but met with outcry if they are found rattling off information at the grocery store. 1

 Ironically, it is normal to perceive abnormal behavior as atypical, uncomfortable, or strange. However, the labels that we use to describe abnormal behavior could contribute to its stigma. In your own words, describe how abnormalities in the mind are not really different from other physical or biological abnormalities. Labeling abnormal behavior as a threat, or thing to be cured of can make conditions worse. What started as simple voices became violent, malicious ones that ordered Eleanor to preserve her safety however she could. In the end, these voices were manifestations of unpressed emotional turmoil, and in order to get better, Eleanor needed to address these voices’ concerns, not minimize them (Longden, 2013, 9:20). In Social Psychology, Chapter 19 highlights the need for society to come together as a whole and embrace that our attuites on abnormality are more so the problem than the abnormality in itself. “If, for example, we could regard crime, mental disorders, family disorganization, juvenile delinquency, prostitution and sex offenses, and much that now passes as the result of pathological processes as evidence not of individual wickedness, incompetence, perversity or pathology, but as human reactions to cultural disintegration, a forward step would be taken” (Klineberg, 1940, p. 506). References: Hooley, J. M., Nock, M. K., & Butcher, J. N. (2019). Abnormal Psychology (18th ed.). Pearson Education (US). https://mbsdirect.vitalsource.com/books/9780135191033 Klineberg, O. (1940). Chapter 19: Social Factors in Abnormality. In Social Psychology (pp. 505–523). essay, Henry Holt and Company. Ross, S. L. (2019, October 1). Six myths and facts about mental illness. NAMI. https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/October-2019/Six-Myths-and-Facts-about-Mental-Illness TED Talks. (2013). The voices in my head. Retrieved October 2013, from https://www.ted.com/talks/eleanor_longden_the_voices_in_my_head#t-9095 . 2

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