Practical Applications Presentation

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Practical Applications Presentation

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Practical Applications Presentation

Abnormal psychology is a field of psychology involved in explaining the mental processes and behaviors of abnormal people . Other than the therapeutic environment where its concepts are applied in psychotherapy abnormal psychology is also applied in education to design instruction curriculum , in law to develop rehabilitation programs and in social settings to help people understand and reduce risk factors associated with abnormal behaviors . As such , this paper aims to discuss

how concepts of abnormal psychology can be applied in education , law and social settings

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The concepts of abnormal psychology can be applied in education to design instruction curriculum for students with abnormal behaviors . The role of teachers does not only revolve around helping students to excel in academics , but also to help their students develop all faculties present in a normal human being (Sharma , 2004 ,

.12 . Therefore teachers can use information about psychological disorders to design and implement individualized instruction curriculum that meets the special needs of each abnormal student

In law , abnormal psychology can be applied to develop and implement rehabilitation programs that will help criminals with abnormal behavior restore accepted forms of attitudes . This is based on the fact that it is not rational to punish psychologically ill person by subjecting him /her to a jail term as this will adversely affect his /her mental health and also , it will not serve to deter him /her from recidivism . As such...