Overview
Qualification Grading Type
Graded
Unit Learning Outcomes
1.
Understand the problems associated with defining abnormality.
Assessment Criteria
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1.1.
Discuss the difficulties associated with psychologists' attempts at defining abnormality.
2.
Understand the causes and symptoms of an abnormal and developmental disorder in relation to models of abnormality.
Assessment Criteria
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2.1.
Evaluate the cause of abnormal and developmental disorders.
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2.2.
Relate the causes of these disorders to models of abnormality.
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2.3.
Describe the symptoms of one abnormal and one developmental disorder.
3.
Understand how an abnormal or developmental disorder is treated.
Assessment Criteria
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3.1.
Explain one method for treating an abnormal or developmental disorder.
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3.2.
Evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment method identified.
4.
Be able to analyse the effects of an abnormal or developmental disorder on the individual and others.
Assessment Criteria
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4.1.
Analyse the effects of an abnormal or developmental disorder on the individual and others.
Others may include family, friends or carers or wider society.