a psychological or behavioural state leading to impairment of interpersonal functioning or distress to others
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what is deviation from social norms?
behaviour violating accepted social rules
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what is cultural relativism?
the way in which the function and meaning of a behaviour are relative to a specific cultural setting
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what is failure to function adequately?
an inability to cope with day-to-day living
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what is deviation from ideal mental health?
failure to meet the criteria for perfect psychological wellbeing
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what is self-actualisation?
a state in which people are motivated to achieve their full potential
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what is statistical infrequency?
behaviours that are rare
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what are phobias?
anxiety disorders characterised by extreme irrational fears
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what is depression?
a mood disorder characterised by feelings of dependency and hopelessness
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what is unipolar depression?
a form of depression occurring without mania
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what is bipolar depression?
a form of depression characterised by periods of heightened moods and periods of despondency and hopelessness
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what is OCD?
anxiety disorder characterised by persistant unpleasant thoughts and repetitive behaviours
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what is behavioural approach?
the perception of phobias as occurring through learning processes with treatments based upon modifying maladaptive behaviour through substitution of new responses
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what is cognitive approach?
the perception of depression as determined through maladaptive thought processes with treatments based upon modifying thought patterns to alter behavioural and emotional states
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what is biological approach?
the perception of OCD as determined by physiological means with treatments based upon chemical means
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what is the two-process model?
the perception of phobias as acquired through classical conditioning and social learning, with their maintenance upheld through operant conditioningw
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what is systematic desensitisation?
a behavioural therapy for treating anxiety disorders where the sufferer learns how to relax and faces a progressive exposure to the objects and situations that cause anxiety
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what is flooding?
a behavioural therapy used to remove phobias through direct confrontation of a feared object or situation
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what is cognitive approach?
the perception of depression as determined through maladaptive thought processes with treatments based upon modifying thought patterns to alter behavioural and emotional states
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What is beck's negative triad?
a model of the cognitive biases which are characteristic features of depression. the triad consists of 3 elements, the self,the world and the future
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what is ellis' ABC model?
an explanation that sees depression occurring through an Activating Agent, a Belief and a Consequence
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what is biological approach?
the perception of OCD as determined by physiological means with treatments based upon chemical means
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what is genetic explanation?
the perception of OCD as transmitted through inherited factors
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what is neural explanation?
the perception of OCD as resulting from abnormally functioning brain mechanisms
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