Brief overview Flashcards
Outline of the specification for component 3.
What are the three main topics covered in component 3?
Schizophrenia, autism and crime
For each topic, the explanations are split into three categories. What are they?
Biological explanations, individual differences explanations and social psychological explanations.
For each topic, there are ‘treatments’ or ‘social implications’ that you must know. What are they called?
Methods of modifying
What are the two biological explanations of crime?
Inherited criminality and the role of the amygdala
What are the two individual differences explanations of crime?
Eysenck’s criminal personality and cognitive factors
What are the two social psychological explanations of crime?
Differential association theory and gender socialisation theory
What are the two methods of modifying for crime?
Anger management and restorative justice
What are the two biological explanations of schizophrenia?
Genetics and the dopamine hypothesis
What are the two individual differences explanations of schizophrenia?
Cognitive and psychodynamic
What are the two social psychological explanations of schizophrenia?
Dysfunctional families and sociocultural factors
What are the two methods of modifying for schizophrenia?
Antipsychotics and CBTp
What are the two individual differences explanations of ASD?
Theory of mind and weak central coherence
What are the two biological explanations of ASD?
Genes and amygdala dysfunction
What are the two social psychological explanations of ASD?
The refrigerator mother and empathising-systemising theory
What are the two methods of modifying for ASD?
Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) and Relationship Development Intervention (RDI)
