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    • Characteristic of OCD
      • Cognitive
        • Obsessive thoughts
        • Irrational thoughts
      • Emotional
        • Anxiety and distress
        • Guilt
      • Behavioural
        • repetetive compulsions
        • Avoidance
    • Difference between a genotype and a phenotype
      • G= genes
      • P=how genes interact with the environment
      • How genes effect behaviour
    • How to do a stratified sample
      • 1. define target group
      • 2. work out the strata within the groups
      • 3. work out the percentage of strata in each group
      • 4. get sample by random sampling until you have the correct strata
    • How drugs are used to treat OCD
      • rebalance the neurtotransmitters in the synapse
        • Serotonin
          • Block it being reuptaken in presynaptic neuron
            • Lowers anxiety
        • Dopamine
        • Used with CBT to actually stop the cause of depression
      • SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors)
      • Benzodiazapeines
        • GABA, stops neurons from firing too quickly in the brain, calming effect
    • Difference between repeated measures and independent groups
      • Experimental design
      • RM= uses same participants
      • IG= uses 2 groups of different participants
    • Beck's research
      • Negative triad
      • self
      • world
      • future
    • Ellis' research
      • computer model
      • ABC
      • Action
      • Belief
      • Consequence
    • What is an extaneous variable
      • controlled before the experiment
      • can affect internal validity if not controlled
    • Research which supports OCD is of genetic influence
      • Slater and Shields
      • Concordance
      • MZ is 47%
      • DZ is 18%
      • General population= 1.2%
      • Genetic influence
    • What is inference in the cognitive approach
      • Assumptions are made on the inner workings of the brain
      • Based on research evidence and experiments
    • How evolution shows us the origins of behaviour
      • Heredity (genes)
        • Passed through generations to affect behaviour
          • Mate choice
          • food choice
          • ancient fears (phobias)
          • Fight or flight

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