Tips for Top marks PSYA 4
SECTION A KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BIOLOGICAL /PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS AND TREATMENTS
BIOLOGICAL/PHYSIOLOGICAL Section A BIOLOGICAL/PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL Genes Biochemistry, Neuro-anatomy Treated with Drugs, ECT, Psychosurgery Psychodynamic, behavioural, cognitive, cognitive-behavioural. Treated by Psychoanalysis, CBT
KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN Psychoanalysis Cognitive behavioural therapy Bringing unconscious conflicts into the conscious mind by Free association Dream analysis Projective tests Transference Therapist interpretation Changing patterns of negative thinking (Negative automatic thoughts – NATs) by Challenging and replacing schemata Using homework tasks and skills acquisition and rehearsal
Be clear about Whether you are being asked to write about explanations or treatments or both. Whether you are required to offer more than one.
VERY IMPORTANT Relate anything you write regarding explanations or treatments to depression all the way through.