Chapter 11 Flashcards
Define normality
A behaviour that is considered to be normal when it helps a person to assimilate and fit into society and culture
What are the 6 approaches to normality
Historical, social and cultural, medical, statistical, functional and situational
3 factors that affect adaptive behaviour
Personality, financial wellbeing and resilience
Where do maladaptive behaviours originate from
Childhood experiences
What are 2 coping mechanisms
Self harm, swearing, screaming
3 childhood experiences that can lead to maladaptive behaviours
Violent, neglect, abuse
Grief and loss
Parents who drink excessively
2 main environmental stressors which can lead to maladaptive behaviour
Poverty and unemployment
Natrual disasters
2 causes of mental health problems
Grief and loss
Loss of job
Stress, trauma
What is DSM
Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
Mental disorder
A recognised medically diagnosed illness that results in significant impaired of an individual’s cognitive, emotional or relational abilities
Adaptive behaviour
Age appropriate (every day living skills) that can be as simple as walking, having a job etc. they are developed through experience
Maladaptive behaviour and examples
Occurs as a means of reducing anxiety often originate from childhood experiences
Interferes with a persons ability to function on a day to day basis.
Rocking, self harm
Internal factors
An individual’s personality, emotions, intelligence, self-esteem, genetics and physical health
External factors
A result of someone’s environment such as family, school, work, friends.
A person with Internal locus of control
Will be more likely to take responsibility for their own actions/behaviour.
A person with external locus control
Believes their actions are controlled by outside influences eg luck
What is psychosis and example
Some loss of contact with reality.
May experience hallucinations
Eg schizophrenia
What is neurosis and example
A non-psychotic illness
Problems with thoughts, feelings, and behaviour
Eg anxiety and depression.
What is distress and eustress
Distress-negative psychological response to perceived stressor.
Eustress- positive psychological response to perceived stressor.
Define Personality
Refers to individual differences in characteristics patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving
Define resilience
The ability to cope with stress and adapt to overcome adversity
Developed through experiences
3 influences in coping with change and challenge
Personality, resilience and genetics
Difference between internal, external and protective factors
Internal-internal things that happen within the body eg poor health
Protective-the positive thing that helps the situation eg Good friendships
External- outside factors eg little interest from parents
Difference between mental health problem and mental disorder
The disorder is more significant.
Mental health problem eg anxiety, stress
Mental disorder eg depressing
