PSY346H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Reasonable Doubt, Comorbidity, Dsm-5
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Lecture 1: understanding mechanisms that regulate the plasticity of the brain ( phd of prof) Office hours friday 11 am- 12 pm, drfield 4010 (academic advising) Biological paradigm= allows us to explore other aspects such as physiology (regulation, genes etc) Look at origins how we came to know, treat and neurologically think = poorly organized etc) What are some of the challenges associated w clinical psychology ( esp. from biological paradigm)? objectivity of it etc answer: identifying science from non-science. E. g. thinking about how we approach understanding of relationship, Occurred by chance (giving drugs and noticing its treating anxiety/depression. Looking at process at how we should determine a validation of our thought. How we look at the treatments that are possible for our behaviors. We should follow process that needs to be grounded in science ( that wasn"t. Observation, prediction, method ( validity/reliability), result, conclusion. Hod do you know what"s true ( the accuracy of effect)
