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Aim -to compare how depressed chinese malaysian patients and caucasian australian patients identified cognitive and somatic symptoms as a sign of their depression and the reason that they sought professional help Procedure -sample half malaysian chinese and half australian caucasian participants -participants had all only been diagnosed with major depressive disorder -patients were asked to judge the extent to which they had experienced a number of symptoms(all the time, most of t...

1. Factorial Design - Has at least two factors (IVs), each with at least two levels - Two IVs can be examined simultaneously 1. Advantages of Factorial Design - More economical in terms of participants - Allows us to examine the interaction of independent variables (assess generalisability) 1. Interactions in Factorial Designs - One IV interacts with another when the effects of one are different depending on the level of the other - And when it changes (moderates or qualifies...

Low neuroticism, or low negative emotionality, significantly predicts high life-satisfaction. True The figure demonstrates the Bottleneck Effect The various alleles at all the gene loci in all individuals make up the _____ of the population. gene pool What mechanism of evolution occurs when allele frequencies change over generations due to random chance? genetic drift In humans, babies that are born too small often lack the reserves to thrive, and babies that are ...

Abnormal Psychology Study of behaviour with the objectives of 1. describing 2. explaining 3. predicting 4. controlling behaviours that considered strange and unusual Relativists symptoms and causes of a disorder vary across culutres Absolutists disorder is caused by the same biological factors in all cultures Abnormality definition clear-cut definitions Abnormal behaviour deviant, dangerous or dysfunctional Abnormal behaviour consequences distress or...

Relativist View of abnormality symptom and causes vary across cultures Absolutist view of abnormality a disorder is caused by the same biological factors epidemiology The study of the frequency and distribution of disorder within a population incidence number of new cases of a disorder that appear in a population within a specific time period prevalence total number of active cases in a given population during specific time period life- time prevalence pr...

(b) persistent maladaptive behaviours In what terms are mental disorders defined? (a) when a person is out of contact with reality (b) persistent maladaptive behaviours (c) inconsistent, socially unacceptable behaviours (d) unrealistic beliefs (b) not psychopathological, because it is part of her culture Olivia grew up in a society where mourners pull out their hair, go into an emotional frenzy, and speak in tongues. On a visit to the United States, she did these things in public wh...