Psychopathology so far

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4 types of abnormality?
statistical infrequency, deviance from acceptable social norms, deviance from ideal mental, failure to function adequately
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issues with statistical infrequency
cultural relativism - some things that are abnormal in one culture may be normal in another e.g., schiznophrenics hearing voices
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issues with deviation from Social norms?
susceptible to abuse - what was acceptable before may not be now e.g., KKK membership, homosexuality, murdering someone's dad who murdered your dad (blood feud)

also can be confused by context and degree e.g, trunks at a beach vs office
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deviation from ideal mental health?
unrealistic criteria - we're all abnormal, the criteria is very hard to measure, physical health is different from mental health
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issues with FTFA?
functional behaviour e.g., depression rewarding through increased attention

who judges? - some people unaware they are struggling and will be content e.g, dangerous schizophrenics
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what causes phobias
classical conditioning - associating phobic stimulus with fear response
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what maintains a phobia
negative reinforcement - avoidance reduces fear and is thus rewarding
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what is the Diathesis stress model
jam jar - we inherit a genetic vulnerability for a disorder - fills up about 20% of the jar, after that a life event is required to slowly fill up the jar, once it is full, a disorder forms
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eval tripartite for psychopathology?
DS model
reductionist
practical applications
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research support for the 2 process model? (classical +operant conditioning of phobias)
SIU - sue et al - people with phobias usually remember a specific event that created the phobia, not all can though, different phobias result of different processes, 2 process(C+O conditioning) vs modelling (Social learning theory)
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2 types of treating phobias?
flooding (lock em in a room) and systematic desensitisation (hierarchy)
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what is the ABCDEF model
A - Activating event, B - Belief, rational or irrational, C -consequence, irrational belief = negative consequence, D - disputing irrational thoughts/beliefs, E - Effect of disputing thoughts, F - new Feelings and thoughts
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what is Beck's negative triad
triangle, negative views about oneself means negative views about the world means negative views about the future means negative views about oneself
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what is Hammen and Krantz eval point
found depressed people more likely to see the world as it is rather than through a rosy perspective
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issues with statistical infrequency

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cultural relativism - some things that are abnormal in one culture may be normal in another e.g., schiznophrenics hearing voices

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issues with deviation from Social norms?

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deviation from ideal mental health?

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issues with FTFA?

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