Atypical Behaviour Flashcards

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Typical Behaviour

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A behaviour that is considered normal, usually because it applies to the majority of people.

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Atypical Behaviour

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A behaviour which is considered abnormal, usually because it applies to a minority of people.

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Phobia

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An atypical fear response, given the object or situation.

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Agoraphobia

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An extreme fear of being in public places away from the safety of the home.

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School phobia

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An extreme fear of attending and being in school.

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Social Phobia

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An extreme fear of being exposed or embarrassed during social contact.

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Acrophobia

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An extreme fear of heights.

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Arachnophobia

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An extreme fear of spiders.

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Behaviourists

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A group of psychologists who believe that human behaviours are learnt rather than natural.

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Classical Conditioning

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Learning by association, so that certain stimuli are associated with certain responses.

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Unconditioned response

UCR

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A response which is natural and does not need to be learned.

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Unconditioned Stimulus

UCS

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Something that triggers a natural response.

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Neutral Stimulus

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Something that would not normally trigger a reaction.

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Conditioned Stimulus

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Something that triggers a learnt response; something we have been conditioned to respond to.

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Conditioned response

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A response that has been learnt through association.

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Operant Conditioning

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Learning by consequences. If the consequences are rewarding, we learn to do them again. However if the consequences are negative, we tend not to repeat the action.

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Evolutionary Theory

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The theory that animals have evolved over time and instinctively behave in ways that allow them to survive and reproduce.

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Applications

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  • Behaviour therapy for phobias
  • Flooding
  • Systematic desensitisation
  • Implosion therapy