Option 2 common mistakes

Common mistakes

• Confusing genetic and environmental factors

  Students often mix up genetic predispositions with environmental influences when explaining anorexia nervosa.

  Fix itClearly distinguish between genetic factors (like specific genes) and environmental factors (like family dynamics) in your explanations.

• Confusing Theories

  Mixing up the explanations provided by family systems theory and cognitive theory.

  Fix itClearly differentiate between the focus on family dynamics in family systems theory and the emphasis on individual thought processes in cognitive theory.

• Confusing genetic and environmental factors

  Students often mix up genetic explanations with environmental influences on obesity.

  Fix itClearly distinguish between genetic predispositions and environmental factors, such as diet and lifestyle.

• Confusing Disinhibition with Restraint

  Students often confuse disinhibition with the concept of restraint, thinking they are the same.

  Fix itDisinhibition refers to losing control over eating, while restraint involves consciously limiting food intake.

• Confusing the stages of GAS

  Students often mix up the stages of alarm, resistance, and exhaustion.

  Fix itRemember that alarm is the initial reaction, resistance is the adaptation phase, and exhaustion occurs when stress persists.

• Confusing stress with anxiety

  Students often conflate stress with anxiety, failing to distinguish between the two.

  Fix itStress is a response to a specific threat or challenge, while anxiety is a more generalized feeling of apprehension.

• Confusing Daily Hassles with Major Life Changes

  Students often mix up daily hassles with significant life changes, leading to incorrect explanations.

  Fix itClarify that daily hassles are minor, frequent irritations, while life changes are significant events that require adjustment.

• Confusing self-report scales with physiological measures

  Students often mix up self-report measures with physiological assessments.

  Fix itRemember that self-report scales rely on individuals' perceptions, while physiological measures provide objective data.

• Confusing Personality Types

  Mixing up the characteristics of Type A and Type B personalities.

  Fix itRemember that Type A is competitive and urgent, while Type B is more relaxed and less stressed.

• Confusing coping strategies with stressors

  Students often mix up the definitions of stressors and coping strategies.

  Fix itRemember that stressors are the events or conditions that cause stress, while coping strategies are the methods used to manage that stress.