This is one way of defining abnormality. According to this approach abnormality can be defined in terms of behavior or beliefs that are statistically rare in a population.
The normal distribution is one way to describe a statistical distribution.
While this approach suffers less from value judgments than the other approach it has been criticized as follows:
- It does not distinguish between desirable deviation and undesirable deviation.
- It doesn’t define at what level or percentage statistical deviancy is decided.
- It doesn’t allow for cultural and sub-cultural differences.
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