Unit 1- What Is Abnormal Psychology? Section 1

Question 0

Psychiatrist

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A doctor who focuses on the diagnosis & treatment of psychological disorders

Question 1

Clinical psychologist

Answer 1

Person w/ graduate degree

Focuses on abnormal behaviour

Must be registered/ licensed w/ a provincial psychological regulatory body to practise.

Question 2

Abnormal psychology

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Branch of psych that deals w/

Causes
Treatments

Of psychological disorders

Question 3

Psychological disorder/ Mental disorders

Answer 3

Disturbances of psychological functioning

Behaviour associated w/

Personal distress
Impaired social, occupational, interpersonal functioning

Question 4

Medical model

Answer 4

Biological focus where abnormal psychology is viewed as a symptom of an underlying illness

Question 5

Criteria for determining abnormality. 6 points

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1. Behaviour is unusual
2. Behaviour is socially unacceptable or violates social norms
3. Perception or interpretation of reality is faulty
4. Person is in significant personal distress
5. Behaviour is mal- adaptive or self-defeating
6. Behaviour is dangerous
   6.

Question 6

In 1999 Stephens, Dulberg and Joubert determined key risk factors of abnormal behaviour were…

Answer 6

Age.                           Physical health
Education
Life events
Gender
Childhood traumas 
Current stress
Social supports

Question 7

What is resilience?

Answer 7

Display of positive adaptation in face of adversity.

Ability to bounce back from lows and learn from them positively

Question 8

How do we define abnormal behaviour?

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1. Unusual or statistically infrequent behaviour
2. Socially unacceptable or in violation of social norms
3. Fraught w/ mis perceptions/ interpretations of reality
4. Severe personal distress
   5, mal-adaptive/ self defeating behaviiur

Question 9

What are psychological disorders?

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Disorders that involve:

Abnormal behavioural patterns
Associated with disturbances in mental health or physiological functioning

Question 10

How are cultural beliefs and norms related to the classification and understanding of abnormal behaviour?

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Behaviour that r normal in one culture aren’t in another

Meanings & Concepts of health & illness may differ in different cultures

A.B patterns may take different forms in different cultures

Different societal views or models that explain A.B vary in different cultures

Question 11

Agoraphobia

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Excessive irrational fear of open places

Question 12

Delusions

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Firmly held INACCURATE beliefs that persist even if there is evidence that they have to basis in reality

Question 13

Ideas of persecution

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A type of delusional thinking characterized by:

False beliefs that one is being persecuted or victimised by others