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Psychopathology Flashcards

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Definitions for abnormalities - name of the key developer ?

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Jahoda

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Definitions for abnormalities - what did jahoda do ?

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Developed the characteristics of ideal mental health
SPEARS - 6 characteristics of ideal mental health

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Definitions for abnormalities - what does SPEARS stand for and what does it do - jahoda

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S - self actualisation
P - personal autonomy
E - environmental mastery
A - accurate perception, of reality and self
R - resistance to stress
S - self esteem
- demonstrates what ideal mental health looks like

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Behavioural explanation for Phobias - key thinker associated with theory of how phobias develop ?

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Mowrer

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Behavioural explanation for Phobias - what was mowrers theory on explaining phobias called ?

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Two process model

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Behavioural explanation for Phobias - what was mowrers two process model for explaining phobias ?

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  1. Phobias are learnt via classical conditioning
  2. Phobias are maintained by operant conditioning
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Behavioural explanation for Phobias - name of case study and researcher that supports classical conditioning as an explanation as to how phobias are learnt ?

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Watson and Rayner - little Albert

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Behavioural explanation for Phobias - what did Watson and rayner do ?

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Worked with a infant called little Albert 9 months old, tested his response to a white fluffy rat the was no response they then tested response to a loud noise little Albert would cry they then continuously paired the white rat and loud noise so a fear response was created, little Albert soon learnt to fear the white rat and other white fluffy objects as he associated it with the loud noise = phobia or white rat

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Behavioural explanation for Phobias - name of research that discredits the two process model explanation ?

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Diwardo et al

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Behavioural explanation for Phobias - what did diwardo et al find ?

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Found not everyone who was bitten by a dog develops a phobia only 56% of phobics had bad experience with dogs.

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Behavioural approach to treating phobias - name of study that supports systematic desensitisation ?

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McGrath

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Behavioural approach to treating phobias - what did McGrath find and how does this relate to systemic desensitisation.

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Reported that 75% of patients responded positively to systemic desensitisation supports the behavioural explanation and development of treatments - systematic desensitisation

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Behavioural approach to treating phobias - name of study that is Sceptical of systematic desensitisation ?

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Ohman

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Behavioural approach to treating phobias - what did ohman find ?

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Claimed that systematic desensitisation may not be effective for treating fears that have evolutionary benefits e.g fear of heights

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Behavioural approach to treating phobias - name of study that supports flooding over systematic desensitisation ?

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Choy et al

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Behavioural approach to treating phobias - what did choy et al do ?

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Reviewed studies and found that flooding was more effective than SD expically when it came to time and cost

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The cognitive explanation for depression - name the researcher who developed the negative triad

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Beck

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The cognitive explanation for depression - what was becks explanation for depression?

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Developed negative triad theory of depression
The way people think and processes can lead to depression the three triad is made up of three negatives…
- negative view of self
- negative view of world
- negative view of future
All links back to negative self schema if our schema of self is negative we will always interpret information about us in a negative way

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The cognitive explanation for depression - name of research who developed ABC model?

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Ellis

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The cognitive explanation for depression - what was Ellis explanation for depression?

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Developed the ABC model, good mental health was a result of rational thinking irrational thoughts lead to depression
A = activating event - all activating events have consequences however it’s out beliefs that effect these consequences
B = beliefs
C = consequences of the belief
Activating events trigger beliefs and these beliefs have emotional and cognitive consequences or depression

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Cognitive approach to treating depression - what did Ellises model lead to the creation of ?

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CBT - cognitive behavioural therapy

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Cognitive approach to treating depression - what did Ellis find about CBT ?

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Claimed that REBT - rational emotional behaviour theory - a form of CBT had a
90% success rate at treating depression

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Cognitive approach to treating depression - name of researcher that compared efficiency of CBT and antidepressants ?
Clue - it’s a month

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March et al

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Cognitive approach to treating depression - what did march et al find ?

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March et al - CBT 81% effective
Combination with antidepressants 86% successful

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Cognitive approach to treating depression - name of researcher who found CBT was less effective?

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Elkin

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Cognitive approach to treating depression - what did elkin find about CBT ?

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Found that CBT treatment successes was significantly less effective for people who had high levels of irrational beliefs

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Biological explanations for OCD - name of researcher who conducted twin and family studies in to OCD.

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Nestadt

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Biological explanations for OCD - what did nestadt find ?

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Twin studies - conducted a meta analysis on twin studies a found that 68% of MZ twins shared OCD compared to DZ twins concordance rate being 31% - genetic influence
Also found those who had first degree reltives with OCD 5x more likely to develop OCD the. General population

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Biological approach to treating OCD - name of researcher that looked at drug therapies as a treatment ?

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Soomro

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Biological approach to treating OCD - what did soomro find ?

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Reviewed 17 studies and found that SSRIs were more effective than a placebo at reducing symptoms after 3 months - 70% success rate

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