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Question 1

NORMALITY
typical behaviour

atypical behaviour

Answer 1

typical - person acting how they usually do

atypical - person acts unusually from how they usually do

Question 2

NORMALITY
Adaptive

maladaptive

Answer 2

adaptive - behaviour that is effective and functional to complete everyday tasks

maladaptive - behaviour that interferes and dysfunctional for everyday tasks

Question 3

atypical development

Answer 3

Atypical development - development that deviates from the usual development and impacts outcomes

Question 4

MENTAL HEALTH

BIO-PSYCHO-SOCIAL FACTORS
define

bio factors

psych factors

social factors

Answer 4

a holistic approach to explaining how factors combine/interact to influence a persons physical and mental health

bio factors: genetics, nervous sytem, hormones

psych: mental processes, memory, emotional coping skills
social: lifestyle, poverty, risk of violence, growing up family life

Question 5

MENTAL HEALTH

protective factors

risk factors

Answer 5

protective: enhance/safeguard mental health - reduces likelihood of mental disorder
risk: increase/enhance mental disorders

Question 6

mental health continuum

mentally healthy > MH problem > mental disorder

Answer 6

mentally healthy >

MH problem > worried, irritable, forgetful, changes in sleep, loss of energy

mental disorder > diagnosable, addiction, mood disorder, personality disorder

Question 7

two-hit hypothesis

Answer 7

proposes that genetic vulnerability and environmental stress can cause schizophrenia

DEVELOPING BRAIN -> disruption (genetic) -> VULNERABLE BRAIN -> disruption (environmental) -> SCHIZOPHRENIA ONSET