Psyc Test 2 Flashcards
Big 5 personality traits
- Extraversion 2. Agreeableness 3. Openness 4. Neuroticism 5. Conscientiousness
Define personality
Characteristics that distinguish one person from another
Define Psychopathy
Mental illness or disorder / special form of personality disorder
Who believed there were two main types of Psychology & what were they?
Bernard Karpman
Primary & Secondary
Define Secondary and Primary psychopathy
Primary: Dodgy personality & affect
Secondary: Disorganised lifestyle
Define colonisation
Violent denial of indigenous people to continue governing themselves in their own land
Examples of colonisation
Destruction of culture & language, Genocide etc.
Effect of colonisation
Dislocation, racism, over-representation
Kaupapa Maori
By Maori, for Maori, With Maori
Principles of Kaupapa Maori research
- Maori self determination
- Cultural aspiration
- Culturally preferred pedagogy
- Socio - economic mediation
- Extended family structure
- Collective philosophy
- Treaty of Waitangi
Ways of assessing support for Maori (barriers)
-Operational barriers
-Environmental barriers
-Staffing barriers
Adaptive vs Maladaptive
Adaptive - Flexibility, More positive well-being outcomes
Maladaptive - Not flexible, more negative wellbeing outcomes e.g. OCD
Examples of perfectionism
Concern over mistakes, personal standards, parental standards/criticism
What are mental disorders?
Brain disorders - understandable reactions to abnormal & stressful situation
Classification study in a health context
Allows clinicians to label a problem at hand, and connect this to research & pervious experiences
What are the two types of classification types & define
Descriptive - distinguishes between things based on observable features
Casual - Distinguishes based on some underlying cause of the groupings
What is the DSM
Defines diagnoses using criteria and someone has to meet all the criteria to be diagnosed with a disorder
Limitations fo DSM
- Possible to meet DSM criteria for a disorder whilst having a very different set of symptoms
- Two people can be diagnosed with the same disorder but have very different symptoms
The DSM 5 defined anxiety disorders (S.P.A.G.S)
- Social
- Panic
- Agoraphobia
- Generalised
- Specific phobia
Define explanatory theory
Scientific explanation of how something works
Examples of why we bother diagnosing people with disorders?
Treatment guidance, Illusion of understanding, Organisational structure
Define transdiagnostic mechanism & example
- A chunk of theory/explanation that seems to apply across different problems / diagnose
- Clark’s model of panic tendency You feel anxious about anxious sensations in your body) - called anxiety sensitivity
Define formulation
Theory of ones particular presenting problem - After doing an initial assessment will summarise their understanding of whats going on - Will be based off info gathered during the assessment & pervious knowledge
What was Harlow’s study on monkey?
- Cloth vs wire fake monkey mum created
- ## Tested which of the fake mums would the baby spend time with
