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• 1Define the statistical infrequency definition (3 marks)
• 2Apply the two-standard-deviation criterion (4 marks)
• 3Reason about the proportion classified as abnormal (3 marks)
• 4Apply Rosenhan and Seligman's features to a scenario (6 marks)
• 5Trace the history of abnormality (5 marks)
• 6Explain a limitation of deviation from social norms (4 marks)
• 7Compare two definitions on the same case (6 marks)
• 8Draw and label the statistical criterion (4 marks)
• 9Identify which definition each statement illustrates (4 marks)

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• 1Describe the ICD (3 marks)
• 2Map the DSM-IV-TR axes onto DSM-5 (5 marks)
• 3Give the ICD-11 timeline accurately (3 marks)
• 4Explain why the schizophrenia subtypes were removed (4 marks)
• 5Apply the duration difference to a case (4 marks)
• 6Attribute each change to the right manual (4 marks)
• 7Explain what classification does and does not achieve (4 marks)
• 8Draw the axis mapping (4 marks)
• 9Argue the categorical-dimensional question (6 marks)

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• 1Distinguish reliability from validity (3 marks)
• 2Calculate and interpret Cohen's kappa (5 marks)
• 3Classify each finding as reliability or validity (4 marks)
• 4Interpret the DSM-5 field-trial results (5 marks)
• 5Apply the four cultural entry points to a case (4 marks)
• 6Explain the Cultural Formulation Interview (3 marks)
• 7Weigh the competing explanations for a disparity (5 marks)
• 8Present reliability data appropriately (4 marks)
• 9Design a study to test reliability (5 marks)

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• 1Match each experience to the correct symptom (4 marks)
• 2Define thought insertion precisely (3 marks)
• 3Distinguish positive from negative symptoms (4 marks)
• 4Outline the dopamine hypothesis across its versions (5 marks)
• 5Weigh the evidence against the dopamine hypothesis (6 marks)
• 6Calculate and interpret a concordance rate (5 marks)
• 7Apply diathesis-stress to a case (5 marks)
• 8Draw the dopamine pathways (4 marks)
• 9Compare the two biological explanations (6 marks)

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• 1Describe the symptoms of unipolar depression (4 marks)
• 2Explain what 'unipolar' means (3 marks)
• 3Explain the biological explanation of depression (4 marks)
• 4Interpret the heritability figures correctly (4 marks)
• 5Interpret prevalence data on depression (4 marks)
• 6Classify Beck's errors of logic from what a client says (4 marks)
• 7Show why a prospective design supports the cognitive explanation (5 marks)
• 8Evaluate the biological explanation of depression (8 marks)
• 9Compare the biological and cognitive explanations (6 marks)

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• 1Describe the symptoms of anorexia nervosa (4 marks)
• 2Explain what DSM-5 changed from DSM-IV (4 marks)
• 3Explain the biological explanation of anorexia nervosa (4 marks)
• 4Interpret the prevalence and heritability figures correctly (4 marks)
• 5Explain the sociocultural explanation of anorexia nervosa (4 marks)
• 6Show what Becker's Fiji study can and cannot establish (5 marks)
• 7Apply the state-versus-trait problem to a neurobiological finding (5 marks)
• 8Interpret mortality data on eating disorders (4 marks)
• 9Compare the biological and sociocultural explanations (16 marks)

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• 1Describe how drug therapy is used to treat schizophrenia (4 marks)
• 2Explain the difference between typical and atypical antipsychotics (4 marks)
• 3Explain why clozapine is not a first-line treatment (5 marks)
• 4Describe family therapy for schizophrenia (5 marks)
• 5Explain how expressed emotion justifies family therapy (4 marks)
• 6Calculate and interpret a number needed to treat (5 marks)
• 7Recommend and justify a therapy from a scenario (6 marks)
• 8Evaluate the effectiveness of drug therapy for schizophrenia (16 marks)
• 9Compare drug therapy and family therapy (16 marks)

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• 1PART 1 (depression) — Describe how drug therapy treats unipolar depression (4 marks)
• 2PART 1 (depression) — Evaluate the effectiveness of antidepressants (8 marks)
• 3PART 1 (depression) — Describe CBT for unipolar depression (5 marks)
• 4PART 1 (depression) — Evaluate CBT for unipolar depression (16 marks)
• 5PART 2 (anorexia) — Describe and evaluate drug therapy for anorexia nervosa (6 marks)
• 6PART 2 (anorexia) — Describe CBT for anorexia nervosa (5 marks)
• 7PART 2 (anorexia) — Family-based treatment, and how it differs from family therapy for schizophrenia (5 marks)
• 8PART 2 (anorexia) — Evaluate therapy for anorexia nervosa (16 marks)
• 9BOTH ROUTES — Research methods: placebo controls, blinding and follow-up (6 marks)

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