Unit 12 key terms 12.1

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Psychology
The stystematic study of how people think, feel and behave
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Diagnosis
The way care practitioners identify and classify a disorder or a disease
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ICD
International Classification of Disease
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Counselling
The process of helping someone (a client) to look at issues around their feelings or behaviour
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Therapy
Treatment
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Care Value Base
The values and ethical principles that care practitioners apply to their work. These are based on beliefs about the proper way to treat service users.
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Sociology
The study of how society functions
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Socialisation
The process of learning how our society works, its expectations and rules
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Social Class
A system of classifying people acording to occupation and income.
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Secure Attachment
A strong and reliable bond, where a child feels safe and secure wih the prefered carer
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Insecure Attachment
Loose and unstable bonding, which may be a result of parental seperation or the death of a parent
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Instinct
Ways of behaving that we are born with, and which everyone shares
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Cognitive Development
Development in how we are able to think and understand
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Bereavement
Suffering loss as a result of someone dying
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Bullying
Deliberate and repeated attemots to hurt or upset another person
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Unfair Discrimination
The unjustified and less favourable treatment of a person or a group, perhaps as a result of prejudice.
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Theory
The set of linked and abstract ideas used to understad and explain things. Some theories allow practitioners to predict and control events.
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Assessment
Used in this unit to mean the process of collecting infomation
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Working Hypothesis
An attemot to understand and what is causing or contributing to a problem
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Intervention
The strategies used to try and resolve a problem
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Review
Checking to see how well the intervention has worked
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The way care practitioners identify and classify a disorder or a disease

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International Classification of Disease

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The process of helping someone (a client) to look at issues around their feelings or behaviour

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Treatment

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Sam Morran

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A good resource for ensuring that you know your definitions - always needed for exams.

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