Maladaptive behaviours

Behaviour that is unhelpful, dysfunctional and non-productive, and that interferes with a person's ability to adjust to their environment appropriately and effectively.

Biopsychosocial approach

Considers a person's development and mental wellbeing as influenced by the interactions between biological, psychological and social factors.

Biopsychosocial model

Interdisciplinary model that looks at the interconnection between biology, psychology and social factors.

A range of factors that may increase one's chances of developing atypically or having a mental disorder.

A range of factors that may prevent or decrease the chances of developing atypically or having a mental disorder.

A state of emotional and social wellbeing in which individuals realise their own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and can contribute to their community.

Having no difficulty with activities of everyday living, and displaying resilience.

Mental health problems

Relatively short term disruptions that affect the everyday functioning of an individual.

One of a wide range of usually long-lasting conditions that affect mood, thinking and behaviour.

High levels of functioning

The ability to carry out a wide range of daily activities, attend to self-care, maintain interpersonal relationships and demonstrate resilience in the face of everyday challenges.

The ability to 'bounce back' to previous normal levels of functioning when faced with adversity.

An everyday or conceivable event, such as a relationship breakdown, work challenges or failing a test.

The complex combination of a person's physical, social, emotional, mental and spiritual health that is linked to happiness and life satisfaction.

The connections a person makes with other people and their ability to get along with others in a community.

The ability to feel a range of emotions and express these in a positive way.

A range of factors that relate to the physiological functioning of the body.

Genetic vulnerability

An increased likelihood that an individual will develop atypically or experience a mental disorder due to the DNA that they carry.

Psychological factors

A range of factors that relate to the functioning of the brain and the mind, including cognitive and affective processes such as thought patterns and memory.

A range of factors that relate to the conditions in which people live and grow.

A positive relationship between caregiver and child, in which the child displays confidence when the parent is present, mild distress when they leave and quickly seeks contact when the parent returns.

Insecure/disorganised attachment

Inconsistent behaviour towards a caregiver, typically arising due to a lack of consistent care or emotional support from a primary caregiver early in life.

Emotional development

Changes in how a person experiences, interprets and expresses the full range of emotions, and their ability to cope with them appropriately.

A close, social and emotional bond between an infant and their caregivers.

Insecure resistant attachment

An anxious attachment that forms because of inconsistent responses to their needs from a caregiver. The child may be clingy around their caregiver, and insecure in themselves or in their interactions with others.

Insecure avoidant attachment

A distant attachment that develops in children who do not experience sensitive responses to their needs from a caregiver. The child appears very independent, both physically and emotionally.

Observational learning

The acquisition of new behaviours as a result of observing the actions of others and the consequences of those actions.

A form of learning whereby we observe the behaviour of others and then replicate it.

Cognitive development

Changes in an individual's mental abilities.

A cognitive process that involves taking a new concept and fitting it into or making it part of a pre-existing mental idea or structure.

Our pre-existing mental ideas relating to a given concept that help us organise and interpret new information.

A cognitive process that involves changing or adjusting existing ideas to deal with new situations.

An understanding that objects continue to exist even if they can't be touched, seen or heard.

Goal-directed behaviour

A planned series of actions with a purpose.

A type of thinking that uses symbols, such as words or images, to solve simple problems and to talk about things that are not physically present.

The belief that inanimate objects have feelings and intentions.

A limited ability to share or appreciate someone else's point of view.

The understanding that something can change from one state, form or structure to another.

The understanding that actions can be undone or reversed.

The understanding that certain qualities of an object remain the same even when its appearance changes.

The ability to sort objects into groups based on their features.

Hypothetical-deductive reasoning

A way of thinking that involves developing a hypothesis based on what might logically occur.

A way of thinking that is not reliant on directly observing, visualising, experiencing or manipulating something to understand it.

A period during development in which the effects of experience on development are particularly strong.

The ability of neural networks in the brain to change as a result of experience.

Psychological and Developmental Concepts Flashcards

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Psychological development

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The changes in an individual's social, emotional and cognitive abilities from infancy through to old age.

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Genes

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The basic units of heredity or inheritance that contain genetic information and form a section of DNA.

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Heredity

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The passing on of genes or genetic information from parents to their offspring.

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Genotype

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All the genes that a person has inherited from their biological parents.

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Phenotype

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How a person's genes are expressed.

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Hereditary factors

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Biological influences on development that result from the genetic information passed from biological parents to their offspring.

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Environmental factors

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Different external influences within a person's environment that can affect their development.

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