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what are the 4 definitions of abnormality

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1.statistical infrequency

2.deviation from social norms

3.deviantion from ideal mental health

4.failure to function adequetely

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what is statistical infrequency

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where statistics say if your abnormal or not. if the behaviour is 2 or more standard deviations away, the behaviour is considered rare

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what is deviation away from social norms

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the more you drift away from socially normal behaviour the more abnotmal you are. the definition is cumulative- the more you deviat from social norms the more abnormal you are

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what is deviation from ideal mental health

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where you are considered abnormal if you steer away from jahoda’s ideal mental heakth. the more you dont meet the ideal mental health characteristics, the more abnormal you are

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what are jahodas 6 main characteristics of ideal mental health

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  1. postitive attitude towards one’s self
  2. accurate perception of reality
  3. autonomy
    4.resisting stress
  4. self-actualisation
    6.environmental mastery
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what is failure to function adequately

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if you meet some or all of rosenhan and seligmans 7 major features of personal dysfunction you are considered abnormal.it is cumulative, the more features you meet, the more abnormal you are.

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wha are rosenhans and seligman’s 7 features of personal dysfunction

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  1. personal distress
  2. maladaptive behaviour
  3. unpredictability
    4.irrationality
  4. observer discomfort
    6.violation
    7.unconventionality
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what is a phobia

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its an irrational fear of an object, place, situation, feeling or animal.its an anxiety disorder that affects 15-20% of the population

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what are the emotional characteristics of phobias

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1.persistent excessive/unreasonable fear
2.high levels of anxiety when anticipating the object
3.fear when presented the object

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what are the behavioural characteristics of phobias

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  1. panic attacks,crying, screaming ect
    2.avoidance of the fear stimulus
  2. disrupted everyday functioning
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what are the cognitive characteristics of phobias

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  1. conscious awareness of exaggerated anxiety
  2. paying selctive attentionto feared stimulus
    3.irational beliefs
    4.cognitive distortions
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what is mowrers 2 process model of phobias

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classical conditioning and operant conditioning

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what is classical conditioning

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1.unconditioned stimulus(punishment/pain) = unconditional response(fear)

  1. neutral stimulus(phobic object) + unconditional stimulus(punishment/pain) = unconditioned response(fear)
  2. conditional stimulus(phobic object) = conditional response(fear)
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what is operant conditioning

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negative reinforcement that is put in place to keep the fear of the phobic object. e.g avoiding the phobic object keeps you afraid so you keep the phobia

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what is stimulus generalisation

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where you have a fear of something and it makes you a fear of something else. e.g. if you have a fear of spiders, you might also develop a fear of other insects.

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what is higher order conditioning

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where a fear is pushed on to another object because of stimulus generalisation

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what are the 2 treatments of phobias

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  1. systematic desensitisation
    2.flooding
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what is systematic desensitisation

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where you slowly get exposed to your fear and your anxiety response gets replaced with a calm response to covercome your fear.

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what are the 4 key features of systematic desensitisation

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  1. fear heirarchy
  2. relaxation traing
  3. gradual exposure
  4. reciprocal inhibition
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what is flooding

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where you get exposed to your phobia until the anxiety goes away and is replaced with a calm response

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what is depression

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its a mood disorder that causes a persistant feeling of sadness or loss of interest

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what are the emotional characteristics for depression

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  1. lowered mood
  2. anger

3.. low self esteem

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what are the behavioural characteristics of depression

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  1. anxiety levels
  2. disruption of sleep and eating
  3. aggression or self harm
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what are the cognitive characteristics of depression

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1.poor concentration
2.dwelling on negative thoughts
3.absolutist thinking(black and white thinking)

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what are the 2 cognitive approaches (explanations) to depression

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  1. beck negative triads
  2. ellis’s ABC model
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what is beck negative triads

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he said that someones cognitive can create a vunerability to depression thorugh negative schemas of the world, the future and the self

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what is ellis’s ABC model

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elllis propsed that irrational beliefs came from external events which lead to depression

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what does the ABC in ellis’s model stand for

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A: activation event- what causes the thoughts
B: beliefs- the irrational/rational thoughts
C: consequences- undesirable/desirable behaviours

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what are the 3 beliefs that ellis also identified

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  1. utopianism
  2. i-cant-stand-it-itis
  3. musterbationary thinking
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what is utopianism

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the thought that life should always be fair

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what is i-cant-stand-it-itus

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where we think that there is a major disaster when something doesnt go smoothly

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what is musterbationary thinkinh

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where we think that we must always achieve perfection

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what cognitive behavioural therapy

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a way to help rationalise and challenge depressed peoples thinking to help them overcome there depressive states.

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what are the 4 steps in CBT depression

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  1. identifying negative thinking patterns
  2. challenging irrational thoughts
  3. skill aquisition and application
    4.follow-up
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what is OCD

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its an anxiety disorder where a person has obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours.

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what are the emotional characteristics of OCD

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  1. anxiety and distress
  2. accompanying depression
    3.guilt and disgust
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what are the behavioural characterstics of OCD

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1.compulsions- repetative and anxiety reducing
2.avoidance

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what are the cognitive characteristics of OCD

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  1. obsessive thoughts
  2. cognitive strategies to deal with obsessions
    3.insight to excessive anxiety
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what are the biological approaches (explanations) of OCD

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1.genetic explanation of OCD
2.neural explanations of OCD

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what is the genetic expalanation for OCD

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people who have first degree relative with OCD have a 12% of developing the disorder, suggesting people might inherit a genetic predisposition to develop OCD

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what is the neural explanation for OCD

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people with OCD have an abnormal frontal lobe, usually the caudate nucleus is damaged so it fails to supress minor worry signals which alerts the thalamus, which sends signals to the orbital frontal cortex, acting as a worry circuit

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how does the role of low serotonin effects/accomanies OCD

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low levels of serotonin influences mood regulation, anxiety, sleep, and social behaviours. the exact connection is unknown but may be possible that serotonin stops repitions, so low serotonin brings out compulsions which is a symptom of OCD

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how does the role of low dopamine affect/accompany OCD

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dopamine releases when you expect a reward. so doing repetitive tasks, release dopamine when someone compluses.giving that person pleasure

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how does drug therapy treat OCD

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the drug affects the neurotransmitters in the brain to raise levels of serotonin

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what is the name of the drug that helps with OCD

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selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors(SSRI)

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