Psychopathology - OCD - Flashcards in A Level and IB Psychology

1. the third emotional characteristic, OCD sometimes involves other negative emotions such as guild and anger (5, 3, 7)
5. compulsive skin picking (11, 8)
6. the second behavioural characteristic, sufferers may also do this to reduce anxiety by staying away from the situations that trigger them (9)
7. the first behavioural characteristic, they are repetitive and reduce anxiety in the sufferer. (11)

2. the first emotional characteristic, OCD is regarded as an unpleasant emotional experience because of the powerful anxiety that accompanies the obsessions and the compulsions. obsessions are frightening and unpleasant and compulsions cause anxiety (7, 3, 8)
3. the compulsive gathering of possessions and the inability t part with a nything (7, 8)
4. the process of thinking, perception and attention (9)
8. ways in which people act (9)
9. ways in which people feel (9)
10. compulsive hair pulling (16)

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