Developmental+individual differences

Question 1

what is health

Answer 1

a state of complete physical, mental +social well being and is not merely the absence of disease or infirmary

Question 2

what is type A personality

Answer 2

driven to achieve+meet goals
competitive
work hard to deadlines

Question 3

what is type B personality

Answer 3

relaxed but works hard when needed to

Question 4

what is type D personality

Answer 4

distressed

socially inhibited

Question 5

4 individual difference impact on health

Answer 5

locus of control
self-efficacy
optimism
intelligence

Question 6

personality+mental disorder

3 ways in which personality can impact mental disorder

Answer 6

vulnerability
personality disorder
multiple personality

Question 7

personality+mental disorder
vulnerability
intro

Answer 7

people differ in susceptibility to mental disorders; genes, environment+personality.

Question 8

personality+mental disorder
vulnerability
is commonly referred to as what

Answer 8

diathesis; a predisposition to develop specific disorders that is intrinsic to the person, a part of their constitution

Question 9

personality+mental disorder
vulnerability
diathesis stress model

Answer 9

most mental disorders require diathesis and environmental stress
level of stress required to trigger disorder depends on degree of diathesis
for some diathesis; no amount of stress with trigger disorder,
for others it may be specific stress

Question 10

personality+mental disorder
vulnerability
diathesis stress model
e.g. depression

Answer 10

susceptible to interpersonal+achievement stressors

Question 11

personality+mental disorder
vulnerability
diathesis stress model
e.g. schizophrenia

Answer 11

schizotypy

social anhedonia- when someone is depressed it brings me down also

Question 12

personality+mental disorder
personality disorder
intro

Answer 12

a class of mental disorders characterised by enduring, maladaptive, inflexible traits that produce interpersonal difficulties+distress

Question 13

personality+mental disorder
personality disorder
4 key features

Answer 13

distorted thinking patterns
problematic emotional response
over/under regulated impulse control
interpersonal difficulties

Question 14

personality+mental disorder
personality disorder
3 clusters of personality disorder

Answer 14

A e.g. paranoid-mistrust suspicious
B e.g. antisocial-disregard for others
C e.g. dependent-need to be taken care of

Question 15

personality+mental disorder
personality disorder
the big 5

Answer 15

high neuroticism+low agreeableness are common to most PD’s
openness is not involved
no disorder is extreme on one trait only

Question 16

personality+mental disorder
personality disorder
psychodynamic approach

Answer 16

DSM neglects the role of unconscious, defences+drives

Question 17

personality+mental disorder
personality disorder
biological approaches

Answer 17

PDs are heritable like regular personality traits

Question 18

personality+mental disorder
personality disorder
Cognitive approaches

Answer 18

PDs as maladaptive schemas

these involve dysfunctional beliefs about the self

Question 19

personality+mental disorder
multiple personality disorder
intro

Answer 19

2 or more personality’s that switch

Question 20

personality+mental disorder
multiple personality disorder
4 controversies

Answer 20

explosion of cases
offends our sense
dramatic patients
alterations in symptoms

Question 21

personality+mental disorder
multiple personality disorder
traumatic theory

Answer 21

people with DID report extreme trauma
susceptible to hypnosis in which personality splits during stress
patients become skilled and construct alter personalities to deal with trauma

Question 22

personality+mental disorder
multiple personality disorder
sociognitive theory

Answer 22

could be caused by therapists using leading questions

unstable people create different personalities

Question 23

personality+mental disorder
treatment
2 psychodynamic

Answer 23

psychoanalysis+psychodynamic

Question 24

personality+mental disorder
treatment
2 humanistic

Answer 24

client centred therapy

gestalt therapy

Question 25

personality+mental disorder
treatment
2 cognitive

Answer 25

rational emotive therapy

CBT

Question 26

personality+mental disorder
treatment
2 behavoural

Answer 26

conditioning

modelling

Question 27

personality+mental disorder
treatment
2 biological

Answer 27

ECT

drugs

Question 28

personality+mental disorder
treatment
3 drug treatments

Answer 28

anti psychotic
anti-anxiety
anti-depressant

Question 29

TMS

Answer 29

uses impulses of magnetic energy to stimulate/dampen down areas of the brain