Psychopathology

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Created on: 03-05-19 00:53

What is Statistical Infrequency?

• Statistics that tells us what is ‘normal’ and ‘abnormal’ • Behaviours/characteristics that are common in the populations are ‘normal’ • Behaviours/characteristics that are unusual in the population is considered ‘abnormal’ Normal Distribution of

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What are the strengths and weaknesses of Statistical Deviation

 Useful in diagnosing disorders such as intellectual disability disorder. All assessments of patients with mental health disorder includes some kind of measurement of how severe their symptoms are compared to statistical norms. Making statistical de

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What does APD stand for and explain what it is?

• Anti-social personality disorder • A condition in which an individual does not socially acceptable behaviour or consider the rights of others • Characteristics: impulsive, aggressive, irresponsible • They also lack prosocial internal standards (

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Name the three types of characteristics

Behavioural – the way we act Emotional – the way we feel Cognitive – the way we think and perceive

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What are the emotional characteristics of phobias?

• Anxiety – an unpleasant state of high arousal. An individual would have difficulty relaxing and experience positive emotions. • Unreasonable emotional response – the fear is unreasonable and disproportional to the actual threat.

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Psychopathology