Diagnosis Flashcards
Unit 2 Topic 3
What is normal behaviour?
What society finds acceptable and typical for a specific context.
What is atypical behaviour?
The normalcy is difficult to define; behaviour may be unacceptable or shocking to certain people.
What is the situational approach?
When the situational context is examined before deducing if the behaviour is normal or abnormal.
What is the sociocultural approach?
When behaviour is based on cultural and societal cues (i.e may be acceptable in one culture, but wouldn’t in another).
What is the historical approach?
When behaviour is based on cues in different time periods (can link to cultural and societal cues).
What is the functional approach?
Observing how an individual leads their personal life at a level expected for their age.
What is the statistical approach?
Deducing whether behaviour is normal or abnormal depending on how common it is in a population.
What is the medical approach?
Assuming abnormal behaviour has a medical reason.
What is a coping mechanism?
How you react to certain emotions or events in life. Positive or negative. Some of them aren’t good for you (i.e self harm).
What is an adaptive behaviour?
They are age-appropriate everyday living skills which incooporate knowledge, strategies and internal strength to adjust to different situations.
What is a maladaptive behaviour?
Learned behaviours that may reduce anxiety or stress but interfere with a person’s ability to function normally (i.e tantrums, self harm).
What is mental health?
“A state of emotional and social wellbeing in which individuals can realise their
own abilities, cope with the normal stress of life, work productively and
contribute to their community”
Deduce between a mental health problem and a mental illness.
A mental health problem is when emotions and thoughts can interfere with a persons everyday functioning. A mental illness is a mental problem on steriods; these symptoms are much more persistant and actually impair functioning.
What is the psychosis mental problem type?
Schizophrenia. Refers to some loss with reality; can result in hallucinations and trouble with contrasting between imagination and reality.
What is the neurosis mental problem type?
Disorders where people struggle with emotions and thoughts, but the sense of reality remains. (i.e depression, anxiety).
