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CAUSES AND CRITERIA OF ABNORMALITY Flashcards

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1
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What are the three causes of abnormal behavior?

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Biochemical imbalance, Genetic predisposition and Familial Transmission

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It is neurotransmitter dysregulation

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Biochemical imbalance

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It is carried by genetic material

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Genetic predisposition

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It is genetic transmission of disorder

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Familial Transmission

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Explain the five criteria to identify abnormality

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  1. Violation of social norms - doesnt conform to standards
  2. Statistical rarity - falls outside the normal probability curve
  3. Personal distress - causes distress from self and others
  4. Maladaptiveness of behavior - cant do the daily functioning
  5. Danger - causes harm to self and others
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What are the four major categories of abnormal behavior?

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POFN
Psychoses
Organic
Functional
Neuroses
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It is loss of reality with psychotic features

It has distortion of reality

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Psychoses

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8
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Structural damage to brain

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Organic

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9
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Unknown structural damage

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Functional

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10
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It is loss of reality

based on conflicts that cause anxiety

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Neuroses

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What are the three factors of abnormality?

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Predisposing, Precipitating and Perpertuating factors

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12
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The effect is remote

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Predisposing factor

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The effect is immediate

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Precipitating factor

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Factors that make a person to be SUSCEPTIBLE or to develop a mental disorder

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Predisposing factor

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Factors that TRIGGERS to develop manifestation of disorder

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Precipitating factor

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Factors that MAINTAIN the disorder

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Perpertuating factor

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A perspective that believes disorder have organic and physical cause.
The approachers are genetics, neurotransmitters, neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, biochemistry etc.

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Biological Perspective

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18
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It is the first neurotransmitter discovered

Involved in transmitting nerve impulses to the MUSCLES throughout the body

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Acetylcholine

19
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TOO MUCH Acetylcholine

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Depression

20
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LESS Acetylcholine in hippocampus

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Dementia

21
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A neurotransmitter related to rewards and motivation, involved in movement, emotion, memory and thinking

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Dopamine

22
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TOO MUCH Dopamine

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Schizophrenia

23
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LOW LEVEL Dopamine

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Depression and Parkinson’s disease

24
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A neurotransmitter that is inhibitory and reduces neuronal excitatory in the nervous system

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GABA

25
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LOW LEVEL GABA

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Anxiety/Anxiety Disorder

26
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A neurotransmitter that is for the fight and flight response

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Norepinephrine

27
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LOW LEVEL Norepinephrine

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Depression

28
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TOO MUCH Norepinephrine

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Schizophrenia

29
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A neurotransmitter that is to balance excessive excitatory

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Serotonin

30
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LOW LEVEL Serotonin

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Depression, OCD

31
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A neurotransmitter that is opiate receptors in the brain

It has potent painkilling effects

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Enkaplin

32
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These are the basic physical and functional units in heredity that made up of DNA and located in chromosomes

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Genes

33
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genetic code in cell

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Genotype

34
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How many % of risk na pwedeng magkaroon ang isang taong may first degree relative na may schizophrenia?

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10%

35
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How many % of risk na pwedeng magkaroon ang isang identical twin na may schizophrenia?

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40 - 50%

36
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What type of gene is cause of Alzheimer’s Disease ?

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Apoliprotein E or (apoE4) on Chromosomes 19

37
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A neurological disease that kills the cells in caudate nucleus that control cognitive functions

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Hungtinton’s disease

38
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What chromosome is related to Hungtinton’s disease?

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Chromose 4

39
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It refers to individyual differences in reactivity and self-regulation that manifest in the domains of emotion activity and attention

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Temparaments

40
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It is the brain’s ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connection throughout life. It allow us to adapt in the new environment

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Neural Plasticity

41
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How many percent loss of gray matter affects to have schizophrenia?

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25%

42
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I has a neural tissue especially of the brain and spinal cord that contains nerve-cell bodies as well as nerve fibers

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Gray matter

43
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What are the two brain dysfunction causes of schizophrenia?

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Gray matter and enlarge ventricles

44
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What is the difference between noraml and abnormal behavior in psychoanalytic perspective

A

Ego strength

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