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Psychopathology · A Level Psychology · Courselo

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AQA paper 1: Introductory topics in psychology

Psychopathology

AQA paper 1: Introductory topics in psychology · Lesson 4 of 4

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Unit 1

AQA paper 1: Introductory topics in psychology

4 lessons · 8 h of study

Social influence2 h of study
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Lesson 4 of 4 · AQA paper 1: Introductory topics in psychology

Psychopathology

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Explain and evaluate definitions of abnormality, including deviation from social norms, failure to function adequately, statistical infrequency and deviation from ideal mental health.
Describe the behavioural, emotional and cognitive characteristics of phobias, depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Explain and evaluate the behavioural approach to explaining and treating phobias, including the two-process model, systematic desensitisation and flooding.

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Explain and evaluate cognitive explanations for depression and cognitive behaviour therapy for depression, including Ellis’s ABC model and Beck’s cognitive theory.

Explain and evaluate biological explanations for obsessive-compulsive disorder, including genetic and neural accounts.

Explain and evaluate drug therapy and cognitive behaviour therapy as treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder, and apply psychopathology concepts to unfamiliar case studies.

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