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What are the four ways to define abnormality

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  • statistical infrequency
  • deviation from social norms
  • failure to function adequately
  • deviation from ideal mental health
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What is statistical infrequency

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Defining abnormality in terms of statistics. Statistics is about analysing numbers

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What is an example of statistical infrequency

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IQ

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What is classed as the normal IQ level and the abnormal IQ levels

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Normal - 85-115

Abnormal - below 70 and above 130

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What is deviation from social norms

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When abnormality is based on a social context. When people behave in a way they’re not expected to behave

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What is an example of deviation from social norms

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Anti social personality disorder - where people fail to conform to to normal behaviour

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evaluation of statistical infrequency

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Strength: practical application - used for diabetes
Limitation: unusual characteristics can be positive

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Evaluation of deviation from social norms

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Limitation: cultural variation
Limitation: deviation from social norms not a sole explanation

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What is failure to function adequately

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Where you cannot carry out everyday tasks yourself

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What is deviation from ideal mental health

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How psychologically healthy someone is

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Evaluation of failure to function adequately

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Limitation - subjective

Strength - global assessment

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Evaluation of ideal mental health

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Limitation - jahoda unrealistic

Strength - wide criteria of mental health

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behavioural, emotional and cognitive characteristics of phobias

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B - panic
E - anxiety
C - irrational beliefs

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Behavioural, emotional and cognitive characteristics of depression

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B - lethargic
E - low mood
C - irrational beliefs

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Behavioural, emotional and cognitive characteristics of ocd

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B - compulsions
E - anxiety
C - obsessive

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Behavioural approach to phobias

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Unconditioned stimulus - unconditioned response
Neutral stimulus - neutral response
Unconditioned + neutral stimulus - unconditioned response (Association)
Conditioned stimulus - conditioned response

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Steps to systematic desensitisation

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1 anxiety hierarchy
2 relaxation technique
3 exposure
4 counter conditioning

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Evaluation of behaviourist explanation of phobias

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Strength: practical application led to SD treatment
Limitation: ethical issues with Albert
Limitation: seligman (genes create phobias)
Limitation: case study

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Evaluation of SD

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Limitation: takes too long
Strength: gilroy - 42 patients after 3 & 33 months less fearful than control group

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What is flooding

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Quick exposure to fear, consent needed

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Evaluation of flooding

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Limitation: not al age groups

Limitation : traumatic

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Cognitive approach to depression

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Necks triad (self, future, world) which explains irrational thoughts

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Evaluation to cognitive approach to depression

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Strength: grappling and terry - 65 pregnant women high cognitive vulnerability = post natal depression
Limitation: reductionism - doesn’t explain corrals syndrome

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What is ellis’ abc model

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A - activating event (what triggers irrational thoughts)
B - beliefs (irrational)
C - consequences (negative behaviour)

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Evaluation of abc model

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Limitation: alloy & Abraham - depression = realists

People with depression are just being more realistic.

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What is CBT

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Cognitive behavioural therapy - patient identifies their own negative beliefs and aims to change them

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what do patients have to do in CBT

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Homework, journal, become come up with their experiments

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What is REBT

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Rational emotive behavioural therapy

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What is the empirical argument

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Disrupting evidence to support irrational beliefs

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What is the logical arguments

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Disrupting negative thoughts from following facts

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Evaluation of CBT and REBT

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Strength: REBT 90% success rate
Limitation: takes too long 27 sessions needed
Strength: match - CBT compared to antidepressants. On own 81% improvement together 86%
Limitation: CBT not effective for those with high irrational beliefs

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What is the biological approach to OCD

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Genes - ocd is polygenic meaning there are multiples genes which can affect you from suffering
Neutral explanations - ocd = low levels of serotonin

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Evaluation of genes

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Limitation: nature v nurture - also an environmental element
Limitation: diathesis stress model - Cromer found ocd more severe if you’ve suffered from trauma

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Evaluation of neural

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Strength: serotonin drug has helped reduce ocd

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