PSY240H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Psychopathology, Phobia, Sleep Deprivation
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The vulnerability stress model of the development of disorders: almost all disorders can be attributed to who the indiv is and the stress level of that situation. Rubber band can bend but enough stress will snap. Reserve of how many bad things can be told to you in one day. Feeling as though not feeling treating fairly, becomes too much and reject system: can"t just be env. For instance, in sits of abuse, people who overcome + come out fine: lots of variance between how researchers address stress + vulnerability: = using objective criteria + defs gave credence to biological factors as a cause of abnormality. If can address cause can help the person. Biological is physical, doesn"t necessarily you are aware of it, and even if you have an awareness you can shape your reality to not affect you otherwise. Disorder as a result of damage of the structural integrity of the brain.
