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social norms

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a rule held by group of people regarding behaviour of others

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what is deviation from social norms

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behaviour that is unexpected/ unacceptable by group

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what is statistical deviation

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stastical deviation is abnormal from the typical statistical average/ mean and is more infrequent

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statistical deviation strengths

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identifies intellectual disability IQ

-forms clinical assessment for mental disorder

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statistical deviation weakness

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-abnormal doesn’t mean disorder

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deviations from social norms weakness

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  • cultural relativism (different from country to country)

- unethical labelling abnormaal

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deviations from social norms strengths

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-can be used in anti-social personality disorder

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failure to function adequately

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can’t cope on day to day basis/ ordinary demands of life

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what is deviation from ideal mental health

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  • criteria that individual must meet in order to have good mental health
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failure to function adequately strengths

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can identify when professional help needed
-treatment targeted
APPLICATION

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failure to function adequately weakness

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labelling abnormal for different life choices eg gap year

-discrimination ETHICS

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deviation from ideal mental health strengths

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-covers most reasoning behind why people seek help VALIDITY

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deviation from ideal mental health weakness

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-culture bound

self actualisation may have different interpretations

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DSM

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diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorder

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what’s a specific phobia

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phobia of object or situation

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social anxiety NON SPECIFIC

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phobia of social situations

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agoraphobia NON SPECIFIC

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fear of outside/ public space and worry no help if something goes wrong

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behavioural characteristics of phobias

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  • anxiety
  • panic
  • avoidance
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emotional characteristics of phobias

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  • unreasonable emotional response

- attention to stimulus

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cognitive characteristics of phobias

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  • irrational beliefs

- cognitive distortions

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maintenance of phobia

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operant conditioning

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how phobia is learnt

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classical conditioning

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little Albert study

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  • shown rat- no fear neutral stimulus
  • iron bar struck when reached for rat (unconditioned stimulus- caused fear (unconditioned response)
  • association made between 2 leading to fear
  • conditioned stimulus (rat) -conditioned response (fear)
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strengths of behavioural explanation to phobias

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-SUPPORTING EVIDENCE
-little Albert showed learning phobia through classical conditioning
increased reliability consistency shown

REAL LIFE APPLICATION
-can be used for guiding phobia therapy

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weaknesses of behavioural explanation to phobias

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  • LACK VALIDITY
  • incomplete, doesn’t look into cognitive aspects of phobia eg. irrational beliefs
  • some phobias may be evolutionary caused
  • avoid things that caused danger in past
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what is systematic desensitisation

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gradual process carried out over several sessions

-uses classical conditioning to counter-condition the learnt phobia

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what are the 3 steps in systematic desensitisation

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anxiety hierarchy
relaxation
exposure

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what is flooding

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intense process where clients are exposed to fear until can relax
-treats phobia very fast

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systematic desensitisation advantages

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  • suit a range of people eg. disabilities that wouldn’t be able to understand cognitive theory or consent to flooding(generalisability)
  • less traumatic for patient which leads to less drop outs (ethical)
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flooding strengths

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cost effective as is faster results (ethical)

effective for simple phobias (application)_

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flooding weaknesses

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traumatic so clients may drop out (ethics)

not effective for complex phobias eg. social phobias(application)

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what does DSM stand for

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diagnostic and statistical manual of disorders

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what is a behavioural feature

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how people act/ behave

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what is a cognitive feature

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how people think/ believe

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what is an emotional feature

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how people feel/ their mood

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what is classical conditioning

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-learning through association

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what is DSM used for

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classifying symptoms for different mental disorders

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what is operant conditioning

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learning through positive/ negative reinforcement

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what is the two way process model of phobias

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learnt through classical and maintained through operant

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what is OCD

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a disorder where people experience obsessions and compulsions

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what is an obsession

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recurring intrusive thoughts

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what is a compulsion

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behaviour a person feels they must carry out

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behavioural characteristics of OCD

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compulsive behaviour eg. repetition
reduced anxiety (after carry out behaviour)
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emotional characteristics of OCD

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anxiety and distress
depression
guilt/ disgust (eg.over dirt)

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cognitive characterises of OCD

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obsessive thoughts
cognitive strategies(coping)
insight into excessive anxiety
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what is the biological explanation of OCD(genetic)

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-genetic vulnerability in families
-candidate genes create vulnerability
diathesis stress model suggests that people with genetic vulnerability can be triggered by an event/ stress

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what is the biological explanation of OCD(neural)

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neurotransmitters(chemical messengers)
dopamine levels are too high in people with OCD
Serotonin is used to mood regulate
too little serotonin can lead to low mood
THE WORRY CIRCUIT in brain can cause OCD

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what is behavioural approach to treating phobias

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  • flooding

- systematic desensitisation

49
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what is behavioural explanation of phobias

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  • learnt through classical

- maintained through operant

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the worry circuit explained

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  • involves frontal cortex/ thalamus and basal ganglia
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biological explanation of OCD definition

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a perspective that emphasises importance go physical processes in body eg. neural and genetic

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aetiologically heterogeneous

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the origin of OCD has different causes

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polygenic OCD

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several genes are involved (230)

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