PSYCO241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Basal Ganglia, Corpus Callosum, Cognitive Model
13 Mar 2018
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Every psychologist understands the interconnection between a person"s biology, psychology, and social world"s. Think about clients through all three perspectives. A set of assumptions and concepts that help scientists explain and interpret observations. The demonological model that was used to explain abnormal functioning during the. Middle ages, for example, borrowed heavily from medieval society"s concerns with religion, superstition, and warfare. Cognitive model - thinking that underlies behaviour. Humanistic-existential model - role of values and choices. Sociocultural model - social and cultural forces. Family-social perspective - family and social interactions. Less than 50% of the variance in psychological disorders is genetic. I. e. if one identical twin has a disorder, there is just under 50% chance the other will have it. There is a genetic component in disorders. Cannot be purely genetic though as it is not a 1:1 ratio. Synapse - the tiny space between the nerve ending of one neuron and the dendrite of another.
