PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

Question 1

Name the 4 definitions of abnormality

Answer 1

DEVIATION FROM SOCIAL NORMS

DEVIATION FROM STATISTICAL NORMS

FAILURE TO FUNCTION ADEQUATELY

JAHODA IDEAL MENTAL HEALTH

Question 2

What does deviation from social norms means

Answer 2

All societies have their standards of behaviour and attitudes. Deviating from these can be seen as abnormal

Question 3

Deviation from statistical norms meaning

Answer 3

Abnormality can be seen as statistically rare behaviour - this can be expressed in the terms of normal distribution

Question 4

Failure to function adequately meaning

Answer 4

You cant cooperate with the demands of day to day life

Question 5

What are the 6 conditions of ideal mental health

Answer 5

Positive self attitude

Self actualisation

Resistance to stress

Personal autonomy

Accurate perception of reality

Adaptation to the environment

Question 6

AO3 of DEVIATION FROM SOCIAL NORMS

Answer 6

It can also be used to justify the remove of unwanted people of unwanted people in society

For example : people who oppose on a political policy can be seen as abnormal

Question 7

AO3 of deviation from statistical norms

Answer 7

Desirable of behaviour - high and low IQ are abnormal but having High iq is desired whereas low iq isn’t

Not cut off point where normal becomes abnormal behaviour

Question 8

AO3 of ideal mental health

Answer 8

Subjective - ideas of what is required for each will differ from person to person

It is hard to meet all the standards of the list

Question 9

PHOBIA BEHAVIOURAL

Answer 9

avoidance

Opposite - freeze / faint = fight or flight response (to make predator think they’re dead)

Question 10

PHOBIA COGNITIVE

Answer 10

resistance to logic (revisiting the fact that something is safe that is triggering your phobia eg heights)

Question 11

PHOBIA EMOTIONAL

Answer 11

Marked and persistent. - anxiety and panic - cued by presence of object or anticipation (fear of heights)

Question 12

DEPRESSION EMOTIONAL

Answer 12

sadness with feeling of emptiness, worthless and hopeless - low self esteem

Loss of interest of hobbies

Question 13

DEPRESSION BEHAVIOURAL

Answer 13

Affected sleep - difficult to sleep or sleeping every time

Appetite affected

Reduced energy

Question 14

Depression cognitive

Answer 14

Negative thoughts - negative self concept - self fulfilling prophecy

Negative thoughts of the world

Question 15

OCD emotional

Answer 15

Behaviour is excessive - feelings or embarrassment
Anxiety and stress

Question 16

OCD cognitive

Answer 16

Obsessional thoughts - doubts and ‘germs are everywhere’

Question 17

OCD behavioural

Answer 17

Compulsive behaviour in order to reduce anxiety + repetitive - hand washing and checking (doubt)