Intelligence
The median score on an IQ test.
What is a score of 100?
How we react in certain situations can classify behaviour as normal or abnormal.
What is the situational approach to normality?
What is the Biopsychosocial approach?
This is a mental state where we are entirely focused on what we are doing.
What is the Flow Experience?
The use of drugs and medication to assist mental health.
What is Pharmacotherapy?
The type of Intelligence that is the ability to perceive and generate spoken or written language.
What is Linguistic intelligence?
The ability to bounce back can be learned from parents, teachers or peers.
What is Resilience?
Obsessive thinking and worrying about negative aspects of the situation. A psychological risk factor.
What is Rumination?
This theory focuses entirely on positive emotions.
What is the broaden and build theory?
What is Cultural Bias?
These environments (like school) help increase a person's intelligence?
What is an enriched environment?
Refers to situations where there is a loss of contact with reality.
What is Psychosis?
This disorder causes people to feel anxious and worry most of the time with little respite.
This the first stage of mindfulness.
What is attention?
These behaviours do generally interfere with a person’s ability to function on a day to day basis.
What are maladaptive behaviours?
This sort of bias occurs when English is not their first language.
What is Linguistic bias?
This is diagnosed when symptoms of a flattened mood are severe and long lasting.
What is Major Depressive Disorder?
A person’s genetic make up can make them more susceptible to getting an anxiety disorder.
What is Genetic Disposition?
This emotional theory suggests we experience emotions based on our assessment of the situation.
What is Appraisal theory?
This motivational theory is a personal judgement on how likely it is that you will succeed.
What is Self-efficacy theory?
This theory of intelligence suggests that intelligence is a process.
What is information – processing theory?
A handbook that is used to identify and classify symptoms of mental disorders.
What is the DSM?
Is a psychological treatment in which seizures are induced in patients.
What is Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
This theory of motivation focuses on the aim and purpose of an individual’s behaviour.
What is Achievement goal theory?
Causes the release of cortisol. This occurring over an extended period of time can lead to depression and memory impairment.
What is stress?