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Cognition can either be __ or __ ?

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automatic OR effortful

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Define cognitive perspective=

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= How cognitivists would explain it

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Define cognitive features=

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= symptoms related to cognition

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5 cognitive features of psychopathologies are?

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Depression
Schizophrenia
Anxiety
PTSD
OCD

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5 features of depression are?

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Motivational
Behavioural
Physical
Cognitive
Emotional

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Emotional =
(feature of depression)

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  • deep sadness/misery/ verge of tears
  • loss sense of humour
  • anxiety
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Motivational
(feature of depression)

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  • loss of interest in all previous hobbies
  • lack of initiative/social withdrawal
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Behavioural
(feature of depression)

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  • decreased energy- stay in bed etc.
  • slowness in speech
  • slow in general behaviour
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Cognitive
(feature of depression)

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  • negative view on self,world&future
  • general pessimism
  • worthlessness/shame/guilt
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Physical
(feature of depression)

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  • hyper/insomnia
  • headaches/migraines/dizziness
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What is MDD?

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= Major Depressive Disorder

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According to DSM5, what comes under criteria to be diagnosed with MDD?

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5 or more symptoms over 2 week period
At least one symptom being= depressed mood/loss of interest

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What is the ‘Vicious cycle’ in terms of Depression?

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= All features feed into eachother
- negative triad feeds into negative schema, which feeds into our negative behaviour which therefore feeds into negative view of future.

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Define rumination:

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= idea/habit of thinking a lot

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What is the word that links Depression & Creativity?

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Rumination

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4 types of anxiety disorder?

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Generalised anxiety disorder
Social anxiety disorder
Panic disorder
Specific phobia disorders

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Which 2 researchers identified ‘catastrophic misinterpretations of bodily sensations’ ??

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Clark & Beck

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What is a phobia?

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= extreme, irrational fear of a specific object/situation

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What is a key role in reinforcing a phobia?

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= Avoidance
Avoiding the feared object is rewarding, therefore avoidance is repeated

20
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Are causes for phobias prominent or hidden?

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= Prominent !!

21
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What % of all phobia patients have agoraphobia?

22
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Trypophobia is the fear of ___ ??

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= fear of small holes

23
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Pogonophobia is the fear of ___??

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= fear of beards

24
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The behavioural element of a phobia means that???

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= means that anything can become a phobia through association if it interferes with everyday functioning

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What is PTSD?
= Anxiety disorder in response to extreme physical trauma outside of normal human experience
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What was PTSD first known as after WW1?
= ‘shell shock’
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5 symptoms in DSM5 that diagnose PTSD??
Presence of intrusion- in memories/dreams Persistent avoidance of stimuli of trauma Alterations in arousal- sleep disturbance/irritated Exposure to specific traumatic event
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What are the 2 memory systems in the dual representation theory of PTSD??
VAM- verbally accessible memory system SAM- situationally accessible memory system
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3 outcomes of dual representation
1. completion/integration 2. chronic emotional processing- ongoing trauma 3. premature inhibition of processing
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According to DSM5 what 3 symptoms have to be present in diagnosis of Schizophrenia?
1. delusions 2. hallucinations 3. disorganised speech
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2 types of hallucinations are??
= auditory & visual
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What are delusions??
= misinterpretation of perceptions/experiences where patients often believe something else is responsible for their thoughts
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What % of psychotic hospitalised patients have Schizophrenia??
= 75%
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5 types of delusion are?
1. persecution- being spied on 2. grandeur- belief of having power 3. control- belief external forces have control 4. reference 5. nihilistic- aspect of themselves has ceased to exist
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3 attentional processes in Schizophrenia are??
1. sustained attention 2. selective attention 3. divided attention
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Freeman’s (2002) 4 factors of emergence of delusions are??
1. anomalous experience 2. anxiety/depression/worry 3. reasoning bias 4. social factors
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OCD is made up of ___ & ___
Obsessions & compulsions
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What are obsessions?
= intrusive, repetitive thoughts/urges - in the MIND
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What are compulsions?
= repetitive BEHAVIOURS - physical - performed to decrease the distress caused by obsessions
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Who identified the cognitive model of obsessions?
Salkovski (1985)
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What is the cognitive model of obsessions?
= obsessions are result of a misinterpretation of negative thoughts

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