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What is the bio-psycho-social model of diagnosis?

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Treats psychological disorders by looking at the biological, psychological and sociocultural factors of a person.

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What is the two factory theory of emotion?

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Suggests that emotion is caused by assigning a cognitive label to the psychological response to a situation.
Factor 1 (environment) –> Factor 2 (physiological reaction) –> Factor 3 (cognitive label) –> Factor 4 (emotion)

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Who was the two factor theory of emotion created by?

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Schachter and Singer 1962

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What is the broaden and build theory?

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Looks at how positive emotions have benefits to achieving optimal wellbeing.

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Who created the broaden and build theory of emotion?

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Barbara Fredrickson

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What is mindfulness?

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Practicing mindfulness is intended to focus ones attention onto the present moment in an accepting way. It is a mental exercise.

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What are the two major components of mindulness?

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Attention and Acceptance

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What is flow?

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A psychological state where a person is deeply focused in what they’re doing to the point where basic needs are ignored and they may be unaware of anything else. At this point a person experiences happiness at a point of ecstasy.

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What are the concerns of flow?

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  • can become addictive
  • people may find it difficult not being in a flow state
  • normal life can seem less interesting
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What is self efficacy?

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An individuals belief in themselves in order to reach their goals

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What is the appraisal theory?

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Refers to the cognitive process that occurs before emotion is displayed.The first step in experiencing emotion.

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Who created the appraisal theory?

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Magda Arnold

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What is coping potential?

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Coping potential is someones ability to use either problem focused coping or emotion focused coping to respond.

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What is problem focused coping?

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Addressing a negative situation by using practical ways to deal with it.

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What is emotion focused coping?

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reducing negating emotional responses (eg. embarrassment) by using strategies such as mediation, talking, ignoring etc.

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What are the 5 factors that influence emotion?

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Age, physical health, culture, religion, income/employment.

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What is the Intelligence Quotient?

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An IQ test which indicates a child’s intelligence relative to others the same age.

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What is internal validity

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The degree of confidence that the causal relationship being tested is trustworthy and not influenced by other factors or variables.

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What is Binet’s 1905 test?

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Binet assumed that children’s abilities increase with age, his test determines the persons mental age based on their performance.

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What is internal reliability?

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This refers to the extent to which all the items in a research instrument contribute equally to the final score.

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What is external validity?

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The extent to which you can generalise the findings of a study to other situations, people, settings, and measures.

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What is a psychological disorder?

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Any psychological dysfunctions that are associated with distress and impairment in mood, behaviour, or cognition that can adversely affect an individual in their everyday functioning.

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Schizophrenia

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Deluded thinking, hallucinations, depression. Occurs during early adulthood.

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Major depressive disorder

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Flat mood, low self esteem, no motivation. 1 in 6 Australians have depression.

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What is borderline personality disorder?

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Extreme inability of moods and relationships, fear of abandonment, explosive anger, all or nothing thinking. Untreatable.

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What is antisocial personality disorder?

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Appears charming, behaves in opposite manner, no shame or remorse. Chronic

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What is the placebo effect?

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When a person has a response to a fake intervention, such as when someone is given a sugar pill

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What are the three components of emotions?

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physiological changes, subjective feelings, associated behaviours.

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What are the characteristics of fear

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Increased heart rate, shallow rapid breathing, shaking, sweat, lightheaded

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What are the characteristics of anger?

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increased temp, increased heart rate, fast breathing, tense muscles

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What are the characteristics of happiness?

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Relaxed muscles, smiling, moderate breathing and heart rate

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