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Personality disorder - development of inflexible and distorted personality and behavioral patterns that result in persistently maladaptive ways of perceiving, thinking about and relating to the world Diagnosing a personality disorder - -enduring pattern of behavior or inner experience -pervasive and inflexible -stable across time and long in duration -causes either clinically significant distress or impairment in functioning Cluster A personality disorders - Includes paranoid, schizoid,...

Abnormal Psychology - understanding the nature, causes, and treatment of mental disorders. Relevance - Mental disorders are all around us portrayed in TV shows, news, movies and in our personal lives through friends, relatives or ourselves (examples). Family Aggregation - When a disorder runs in the family Indicators of abnormality - No single indicator is sufficient in an of itself to define or determine abnormality. The more that someone has difficulties in the following areas, the mo...

abnormal psychology - field devoted to the scientific study of problems we find so fascinating deviant, distressing, dysfunctional, dangerous - 4 d's (patterns of psychological abnormality) deviant - different, extreme, unusual, bizarre distressing - unpleasant and upsetting dysfunctional - interfering with the person's ability to conduct daily activities in a constructive way dangerous - behavior that is careless, hostile, or confusing norms - stated and unstated rules for p...

abnormal psychology - field of psychology concerned with the study, assessment, treatment, and prevention of abnormal behavior also called psychopathology family aggregation - the clustering of certain traits, behaviors, or disorders within a given family. Family aggregation may arise because of genetic or environmental similarities karo-kari - example of cultural abnormality in which a woman is murdered by a male relative; it is normal in Pakistan but not in other countries Diagnost...

Personality Disorders - A person's enduring pattern of behavior must be pervasive and inflexible, as well as stable and of long duration. It must also cause either clinically significant distress or impairment in functioning and be manifested in at least two of the following areas: cognition, affectivity, interpersonal functioning, or impulse control. Cluster A Personality Disorders - People with these disorders often seem odd or eccentric, with unusual behavior ranging from distrust and sus...

Constitution - A document which spells out the principles by which a government runs and the fundamental laws that govern a society. Hereditary Peers - Members of the aristocracy who owe their title to their birth. Devolution - The division of powers among regions of the country. Codified constitution - A single authoritative document that sets out the laws, rules and principles by which a state is governed, and which protects the rights of citizens. Parliamentary Sovereignty - a pri...

How many urgent questions were there in and respectively? - 1234 and 3547 Why are select committees so well respected? - Because their work is evidence based What did the transport select committee do in 2012 in relation to the WCML controversy? - The committee held the transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin to account What did Margaret hodge, the chair of the public account committee from sat about herself? - That she had more influence than she did as a government minister earlier ...

Magna Carta - 1215 No person be deprived of property or liberty without legal process Bill of Rights - 1689 Free and fair parliament elections with free speech European Communities Act - 1972 UK joined EEC that became the EU Parliament Acts - 1911 Stopped lords opposing money bills or other bills for over 2 years, 1949 to 1 year Use of Parliament Act - 1998 Blair forcing equalisation of gay age of consent through the Lords Devolution Acts - 1998 Scotland, Government of Wales, Good...

Constitution -is a set of rules determining where ultimate power lies in a system and relationship between government Unentrenched - having no special procedure for amendments Uncodified - the constitution is not written so cannot be followed Unitary - power is in one place Parliamentary sovereignty - parliament has ultimate power over laws, can't bind its successors and its legislation can't be struck down by a higher body Rule of law - everyone must follow the rule and will be...

adverse - Not helpful; harmful aegis - control, protection ambivalent - Having mixed feelings compensatory - offsetting or making up for something contingent - dependent Contraindications - reasons a specific treatment should not be done cursory - quick, perfunctory, not thorough Etiology - cause of disease exacerbate - to make worse or more severe Hematologic - Of or relating to blood impervious - impenetrable, incapable of being affected insidious - gradual as ...