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Abnormality (or dysfunctional behavior or maladaptive behavior or deviant behavior) is a behavioral characteristic assigned to those with conditions that are regarded as dysfunctional. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Behavior is considered to be abnormal when it is atypical or out of the ordinary, consists of undesirable behavior, and results in impairment in the ...
In sociology, anomie or anomy (/ ˈ æ n ə m i /) is a social condition defined by an uprooting or breakdown of any moral values, standards or guidance for individuals to follow. [1] [2] Anomie is believed to possibly evolve from conflict of belief systems [3] and causes breakdown of social bonds between an individual and the community (both economic and primary socialization).
Such examples may arouse suspicions of being generated by a different mechanism, [2] or appear inconsistent with the remainder of that set of data. [ 3 ] Anomaly detection finds application in many domains including cybersecurity , medicine , machine vision , statistics , neuroscience , law enforcement and financial fraud to name only a few.
This is the behavior most of us think of when it comes to gaslighting. Reality questioning is one of the most manipulative forms of gaslighting and causes significant emotional and mental stress.
[1] [2] For example, infanticide may be a normal behaviour and regularly observed in one species, however, in another species it might be normal but becomes 'abnormal' if it reaches a high frequency, or in another species it is rarely observed, and any incidence is considered 'abnormal'.
Although many behaviors could be considered as abnormal, this branch of psychology typically deals with behavior in a clinical context. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] : 1–4 There is a long history of attempts to understand and control behavior deemed to be aberrant or deviant (statistically, functionally, morally, or in some other sense), and there is often ...
Egodystonic (or ego alien [1]) behaviors are the opposite, referring to thoughts and behaviors (dreams, compulsions, desires, etc.) that are conflicting or dissonant with the needs and goals of the ego, or further, in conflict with a person's ideal self-image.
Anomalous diffusion, the movement of molecules from a region of lower concentration to a region of higher concentration; Anomalous dispersion (optics), when the speed of an electromagnetic wave increases with increasing frequency; Anomalon, a hypothetical type of nuclear matter that shows an anomalously large reactive cross section