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Mock test feedback. Question 1. AO1 = 3 marks Knowledge of failure to function adequately definition of abnormality AO2 = 3 marks Evaluation of this definition

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  1. Mock test feedback

  2. Question 1 • AO1 = 3 marks Knowledge of failure to function adequately definition ofabnormality • AO2 = 3 marks Evaluation of this definition Failure to function adequately (FFA) refers to abnormality that prevent the person from carrying out the range of behaviours that society would expect from them, such as getting out of bed each day, holding down a job etc. Rosenhan & Seligman suggested a range of criteria that are typical of FFA. These include observer discomfort, unpredictability and irrationality among others. 1 mark for a basic outline of FFA and a further two marks for elaboration

  3. Question 1 •  Cultural relativism – what is considered adequate in one culture might not be so in another •  FFA might not be linked to abnormality but to other factors. Failure to keep a job maybe due to the economic situation not to psychopathology. •  FFA is context dependent; not eating can be seen as failing to function adequately but prisoners on hunger strikes making a protest can be seen in a different light.

  4. Question 2 • Psychodynamic Approach • B, D, F

  5. Question 3 • Evaluation of Behavioural • The evaluation can include strengths, such as it has provided some convincing explanations for some disorders such as phobias and has also is has led to some very successful therapies (systematic desensitisation). • The weaknesses are that it ignores the role of biology and there is plenty of evidence to support a genetic transmission of some disorders. Must elaborate on points!

  6. Question 4 • Disadvantages of Drug Therapy • Disadvantages could include: •  addictive properties •  do not treat the cause only the symptoms •  side effects. • Must elaborate on points!

  7. Question 4 • One psychological therapy = psychoanalysis, systematic desensitisation, CBT • MUST EXPLAIN WHY IT HELPS HIM • NO CREDIT FOR JUST EXPLAINING HOW THE TREATMENT WORKS •  Systematic desensitisation could be used to help him with his phobia of the dark because it will stop him being frightened and replace his fear with relaxation. Fear is incompatible with relaxation. •  CBT could be used because it would help change his faulty cognitions about the dark that are preventing him from getting to work. •  Psychoanalysis could be used to help him because it would access the unconscious

  8. QUESTION 5 • ECT • ECT passes a small electrical current through the brain. This causes convulsions. The brief shock (less than one second) can be given either by electrodes on one side of the brain or both sides of the brain. Patients are given muscle relaxants and short-acting anaesthetics before hand to prevent any injury. Effectiveness and possible side effects are also creditworthy.

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