2023-2025 Year 12 A-Level Psychology: Psychopathology: Behavioural, Cognitive
These flashcards explain the three main categories of human characteristics — behavioural, cognitive, and emotional — and describe how each relates to different aspects of human functioning, such as how we act, think, and feel.
Name the 3 categories that characteristics can be placed into:
Behavioural
Cognitive
Emotional
Key Terms
Name the 3 categories that characteristics can be placed into:
Behavioural
Cognitive
Emotional
Behavioural characteristics are the way we …
ACT
The way we act is linked to what type of characteristics?
Behavioural
Emotional characteristics are the way we …
FEEL
The way we feel are what type of characteristic?
Emotional
Cognitive characteristics are the way people…
THINK
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Name the 3 categories that characteristics can be placed into: | Behavioural Cognitive Emotional |
Behavioural characteristics are the way we … | ACT |
The way we act is linked to what type of characteristics? | Behavioural |
Emotional characteristics are the way we … | FEEL |
The way we feel are what type of characteristic? | Emotional |
Cognitive characteristics are the way people… | THINK |
The way people think are what type of characteristics? | Cognitive |
Making a conscious effort to avoid coming into contact with the phobic stimulus is? | Avoidance |
Crying - screaming - running from phobic stimulus is what characteristic? | Panic |
Thinking the phobic stimulus will harm you is what characteristic? | Persistent Irrational Beliefs |
Keeping attention on the phobic stimulus and finding it difficult is what characteristic? | Selective Attention |
Exposure to phobic stimulus causing worry/distress is what characteristic? | Anxiety |
Exposure to the phobic stimulus causes terror is what characteristic? | Fear |
Avoidance is what TYPE of characteristic? | Behavioural |
Panic - crying or running from stimulus is what TYPE of characteristic? | Behavioural |
Persistent irrational beliefs e.g. thinking a small spider will harm you is what TYPE of characteristic? |
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Selective attention e.g. finding it difficult to look away from the phobic stimulus is what TYPE of characteristic? | Cognitive |
Anxiety, a phobic stimulus causing worry or distress is what TYPE of characteristic? | Emotional |
Fear e.g. terror to a phobic stimulus is what TYPE of characteristic? | Emotional |
Phobias are when you experience extreme …. or …. activated by an object, place or situation. | Fear or Anxiety |
Phobias are when you experience extreme fear or anxiety caused by what 3 factors? | Object |
Fear of a phobic stimulus is … | Irrational |
The fear of a phobic stimulus is often out of proportion to … | Real danger |
Give an example of a phobic stimulus relating to an OBJECT | Spider |
Give an example of a phobic stimulus relating to an PLACE | Lifts |
Give an example of a phobic stimulus relating to an SITUATION | Crowds |
Name the 2 behavioural characteristics of phobias | Avoidance | Panic |
Name the 2 cognitive characteristics of phobias | Persistent Irrational Beliefs | Selective Attention |
Name the 2 Emotional characteristics of phobias | Anxiety | Fear |
Avoidance & panic are what TYPE of characteristics of phobias? | Behavioural |
Persistent Irrational Beliefs & Selective Attention are what TYPE of characteristics of phobias? | Cognitive |
Fear & anxiety are what TYPE of characteristics of phobias? | Emotional |