Abnormal Psychology Models

According to psychologist Jonathan Dunder (2009), abnormal psychology is "the study of people who suffer from psychological disorders" (p. 1). There are four main aspects of abnormal behavior. Abnormal behavior is:

. Maladaptive and/or disturbing to the individual

There are many theories or models of abnormal psychology, fro, psychoanalytic (Freudian) views that such behaviors are the result of "unconscious conflicts" to Christian models that maintain "the way to become more normal is to become more like Jesus Christ, the only normal person who ever lived his entire

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