Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
AOS2 (Mental Health as a continuum (Screen Shot 2018-09-12 at 12.17.22 pm,…
AOS2
-
-
The interactive nature of hereditary (nature) and environmental (nature) factors on a person's psychological development:
-
-
-
attachment theory
a set of concepts that explain the emergence of an emotional bond between an infant and primary caregiver and the way in which this bond affects the child's behavioral and emotional development into adulthood
-
-
the concept of normality - Normality in psychology is a conceptual approach that provides a basis for describing and explaining deviations from an accepted norm
-
- The idea that a culture’s values influence what is said and isn’t normal
- Behaviour, thoughts, feelings
-
Functional approach
- The idea that being normal is about being able to participate independently function in society effectively
Historical approach
- The idea that what constitutes normal behaviour, thoughts, feelings is dependent on the era/time that the behaviour occurs in
-
- The idea that abnormal thoughts, feelings, behaviours have an underlying biological cause
- Abnormality can be diagnosed and treated
-
- The idea that an behaviour or characteristic in a large group of individuals is distributed in a certain way
- Bell curves - whatever is average is considered normal
Situational approach
- When thought feelings and behaviours are considered normal in one situation but not another
-
- Refers to behaviour that an individual acts usually in most situations
- Variations are usually temporary or transient
-
- Refers to behaviour that an individual exhibits that is different to their usual behaviour
- Can occur for extended periods of time
-
- Actions that enable a person to effectively carry out their everyday tasks
-
-
- Interfered with a persons ability to carry out their usual activities in an effective way
- Reduced ability to do everyday activities
longitudinal study - a research technique that follows the same group of individuals over time
cross-sectional studies - a research technique that compares individuals from different age groups at one time
