Definitions of abnormality

Question 1

what does statistical deviation mean ?

Answer 1

occurs when individual has less statistically common characteristic being more depressed

Question 2

what is deviation from social norms?

Answer 2

standards that are set include morals/exceptations of social group and if broken seen as anti-social plus abnormal by others

Question 3

what does antisocial personality disorder mean?

Answer 3

failure to conform to lawful and culturally normative ethical behaviour

Question 4

what does failure to function adequately mean?

Answer 4

inability to cope with day to day living this may cause distress and harmful behaviours eg- drinking

Question 5

what may happen if you have depression?

Answer 5

can’t hold a job, problems with eating, failure to keep relationships

Question 6

what does deviation from ideal mental health mean?

Answer 6

doesn’t meet a set criteria for good mental health

Question 7

what are the list’s to ideal mental health?

Answer 7

no distress, rational perception of ourselves , self-actualisation , cope with stress , good self esteem plus lack of guilt

Question 8

what are the 3 phobias characteristics people may experience?

Answer 8

behavioural, emotional, cognitive

Question 9

what are behavioural ways people may act to a phobias?

Answer 9

avoidant anxiety response - effort to avoid , high experiences of anxiety . plus disruption of functioning - response extreme eg avoiding the darkness

Question 10

what are emotional ways in which people feel in phobias?

Answer 10

persistant excesive fear / fear from exposure to phobic stimuli due to the presence of the phobic object may cause panic attacks

Question 11

what are cognitive ways in which people think and process phobias?

Answer 11

selective attention to the phobic stimulus - finds it hard to look away.

Question 12

what are behavioural characteristics for depression?

Answer 12

shift in activity levels , sleep less, appetite lower or gain

Question 13

what are emotional characteristics for depression?

Answer 13

low self esteem , anger towards others, sadness

Question 14

what are cognitive characteristics of depression?

Answer 14

negative style thinking , reduced attention and concentration

Question 15

what does cognitive behavioural therapy aim to do?

Answer 15

to identify irrational thoughts , replace negative thoughts to positive ones. discuss evidence for and against plus set homework such as record postive comments by others

Question 16

what are the aims of rational emotive behavioural therapy?

Answer 16

challenege irrational thoughts through argument to question the logic of person’s thinking

Question 17

what does OCD mean?

Answer 17

obbessions like recurring thoughts, images and compulsive behaviours like repetition of hand washing

Question 18

what are the 2 behavioural characteristics of OCD?

Answer 18

complusions managed to reduce anxiety , repeatitive

Question 19

what are 2 emotional thoughts of ocd?

Answer 19

anxiety, persistant and forbidden thoughts

Question 20

how does neurotransmitter serotonin play a role in ocd?

Answer 20

regulates mood and lower levels of serotonin asscociated with mood disorders such as depression

Question 21

what happens if you have high levels of dopamine?

Answer 21

it has symptoms of of ocd in particular with compulsive behaviours

Question 22

if there is higher activity found in orbitofrontal cortex this leads to?

Answer 22

converts sensory information into thoughts and actions