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It is said that if a person is functioning inadequately then they cause themselves personal distress and also distress to others (observer distress. ... Failure to function adequately is a case of relying on personal judgement, what might cause distress to one person might not to another and what we see as being able to function adequately changes and so on. ... So deviating from these is classed as being abnormal. ... Marie Jahoda identified factors that were needed for optimum living: positive view of self, personal growth, autonomy, perception of reality, positive relations and environmental mastery. ... The concept of cultural relativism means that value judgements are relative to individual cultural contexts and we cannot make absolute statements about what is normal and abnormal.
Approximate Word count = 587
Approximate Pages = 2.3
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