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1. Answer the questions on the text:

  1. How is "abnormality" treated in medicine?

  2. What is a norm?

  3. Why do norms remain the dominant standard in a society?

  4. What can a danger be when using only norms to define abnormality?

  5. What are the advantages and disadvantages of a statistical definition of abnormality?

  6. Why is the approach of personal discomfort not ideal either?

  7. Can people who deviate from the ideal be regarded as abnormal?

  8. Is anxiety positive or negative feature for people?

  9. When does anxiety turn into phobia?

  10. Does a person usually recognize the deviation of his/her behaviour?

2. Fill in the blank with the vocabulary word that best fits the meaning of each sentence:

1. We waited for their decision with a great deal of ...?

2. He is under the ... that he is Napoleon.

3. I took ... that you'd want to come with us so I bought you a ticket.

4. You should ... her in her attempts to become a doctor, instead of being so negative about it.

5. His illness has ... his efficiency.

6. Our ... as a nation is threatened by these separatist forces.

7. They tried ... agreement with their plans.

8. We haven't got... information from which to draw a conclusion.

9. His work has changed ... since he fell ill.

10. I think it was a(n) ... moment to raise a question of your promotion.

11. This is one of the most ... murder cases we have ever dealt with.

3. Confirm or deny the following statements. Make use of the following phrases:

That's it! Precisely. Very true. I fully (quite) agree with you.

I'm afraid not. You are not quite right, I'm sorry to say. Far from it.

1. There is no ideal way of defining psychological abnormality.

2. The periods of anxiety are quite necessary for they really get the adrenalin going.

3. Depression is usually caused by overtiredness and lack of sleep.

4. A person is usually aware of his/ her behaviour being deviant.

5. The number of sociopaths is increasing nowadays.

4. Substitute the words taken from the text for the definitions:

1. Quiet happiness, satisfaction.

2. An uncomfortable feeling in the mind usually caused by fear or expectation that something bad will happen.

3. A person who is indifferent to the rights of others, and blind to moral consideration.

4. A strong unnatural anxiety irrationally centered on a particular object or situation.

5. A mental disorder during which people suffer from great sadness, unnatural tiredness and unwillingness to do anything, difficulty in thinking.

6. A standard that is regarded as average or generally accepted.

7. A noticeable difference from what is expected, especially from accepted standards of behaviour.

5. Search the text for the derivatives of the following words. Give other derivatives you know. Follow the model:

To adapt adaptation, maladaptive, adapter, adaptable,

adaptability.

To conform, content, norm, to define, to violate, comfort, to create, to deviate, to confuse, able, to survive, ration, to adjust.

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