PSYCHOPATHOLOGY - definitions of abnormality - lesson 1 AQA

Discussion of the AQA A-level ‘Definitions of abnormality’, considering the four definitions of ‘statistical infrequency’, ‘deviation from social norms’, ‘deviation from ideal mental health’ and ‘failure to function adequately’.

This lesson includes an overview of topics that will be covered in Psychopathology, key terms, explainations of the topics and in depth evaluations for all definitions, suitable for top level students. There is also a range of worked through exam style questions, covering A01, A02 and A03.

This lesson also includes the suitable flashcards that cover the lesson in a slide. I have combined all my lesson flashcards into a separate bundle, but the relevant ones will always be included in the lesson slides before exam style questions are shown.

The first slide also uses a fun interactive link to begin the lesson where the students can see what mental health they flag up most on by which Winnie the Pooh character they relate to. You could then get them to evaluate the effect of self-responses for subjective data as opposed to if somebody objectively was studying their behaviour. It could be a fun starter to introduce the topic.