AQA A Level Psychology复习笔记4.4.1. Characteristics of OCD
Characteristics of OCD Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder and is characterised by experiencing persistent and intrusive thoughts which occur as obsessions, compulsion...
AQA A Level Psychology复习笔记4.3.3 Cognitive Treatments of Depression
Cognitive Treatments of Depression The most commonly used psychological treatment used to treat depression is Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT). CBT is a cognitive treatment, although it doe...
AQA A Level Psychology复习笔记4.3.2 Cognitive Explanations of Depression
Cognitive Explanations of Depression: Beck's Negative Triad The cognitive approach to explaining depression looks at our 'mental processes' (thoughts, attention, perceptions) and how they af...
AQA A Level Psychology复习笔记4.3.1 Characteristics of Depression
Characteristics of Depression Depression is a mood disorder, where the suffering experiences low mood and low energy levels. All forms of depressive disorders are characterised by changes in...
AQA A Level Psychology复习笔记4.2.3 Behavioural Treatments of Phobias
Behavioural Treatments of Phobias: Systematic desensitisation Systematic desensitisation This is the main behaviourist therapy to treat phobias and it is designed to slowly reduce the anxiet...
AQA A Level Psychology复习笔记4.2.2 Behavioural Explanations of Phobias
Behavioural Explanations of Phobias The behaviourist approach explains all behaviour as something that is both observable and learned. When explaining phobias, the behavioural approach is th...
AQA A Level Psychology复习笔记4.2.1 Characteristics of Phobias
Characteristics of Phobias Phobias are an irrational fear of an object, place or situation that causes a constant avoidance of said object, place or situation. All phobias are characterised ...
AQA A Level Psychology复习笔记4.1.4 Definitions of Abnormality: Statistical Infrequency
Statistical Infrequency Statistical infrequency This definition looks at behaviours through statistics, measuring which behaviours are statistically normal and abnormal Statistics are gather...
AQA A Level Psychology复习笔记4.1.3 Definitions of Abnormality: Deviation from Ideal Mental Health
Deviation from Ideal Mental Health Deviation from ideal mental health This definition assesses mental health in the same way physical health is assessed Once it is established how individual...
