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psychology
psychopathology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Occurs when an individual has a less common characteristic, for example being more depressed or less intelligent than the rest of the population | statistical infrequency |
| concerns behaviour which is different from the accepted standards of behaviour in a community or society | Deviations form social norms |
| Occurs when someone is unable to cope with ordinary demands of everyday living | failure to function adequately |
| Occurs when someone does not meet a set of criteria for good mental health | Deviation from ideal mental health |
| Statistical infrequency, deviations form social norms, failure to function adequately, deviation from ideal mental health | The four definitions of abnormality |
| an irrational fear of an object or situation | Phobia |
| behavioural Characteristics of phobias | Panic, Avoidance and Endurance |
| Emotional characteristics of phobias | anxiety/fear |
| Cognitive characteristics of phobias | selective attention, irrational beliefs, cognitive distortion |
| a mental disorder characterised by low mood and low energy levels | Depression |
| emotional characteristics of depression | lowered mood, increased anger and lowered self esteem |
| behavioural characteristics of depression | increased aggression/self harm, decreased activity levels, disruption to sleep/eating |
| Cognitive characteristics of depression | attending to and dwelling on the negative, poor concentration, absolutist thinking |
| a condition characterised by obsession and/or compulsive behaviour | Obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd) |
| behavioural characteristics of ocd | comulsions and avaoidance |
| emotional characteristics of ocd | anxiety, accompanying depression and guilt |
| cognitive characteristics of ocd | obsessive thoughts, cognitive coping stratagies, and isight into excessive anxiety |
| behavioural approach to exaplaining phobias | two process model - aquisition by classical conditioning, maintanence by operant cinditioning |
| systematic desensitisation and flooding | behavioural approach to treating phobias |
| becks cognitive theory (negative triad), ellis's ABC model | Cognitive approach to explaining depression |
| cognitive behavioural therapy, ellis's rational emotive behavioural therapy | cognitive approach to treating depression |
| Biological approach to explaining OCD | Genetic and neural explanations |
| drug therapy (SSRI'S and combination treatment) | Biological approach to treating OCD |