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OCD- psychopathology, compulsion, anxiety, temporary relief, obsession -…
OCD- psychopathology
characteristics of OCD
obsession: is thought process that takes place in the mind
compulsion: a repetitive behaviour that a person performs to reduce anxiety
behavioural
avoidance of the situation
emotional
distress
overwhelming
irrational guilt
cognitive
obsessive thoughts
catastrophic thoughts
irrational thoughts
genetic explanation for OCD
there is a genetic component to ocd which suggests that it is partly due to their genes
genetic psychologists investigate the genetic basis for behaviour by using twin studies
lewis: observed OCD patients 37% had parents with ocd and 21% had siblingns with ocd
candidate genes: genes that create a vulnerability fir something in this case ocd
polygenic gene: not caused by a single gene but several genes are involved
compulsion
anxiety
temporary relief
obsession