PSYA02H3 Lecture : PSYA02 - CH 17 - NOTES.docx

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYA02H3
• Professor: Steve Joordens

Document Summary

Perspectives on causes of mental disorders: they differ primarily in their explanation of the etiology, or origin, of mental disorders. Psychodynamic perspective(conflict, anxiety: md originate in intrapsychic conflict made by the id, ego, and superego, freudian view the problems we show stem from anxiety we have. Symptoms are result of unconscious conflicts and anxiety. Medical perspective (disease entities) from hippocrates: all signs and symptoms are due to underlying diseases medical model, these diseases are biological in nature, diseases explains symptoms, mental illnesses cluster symptoms, but they don"t explain them. Cognitive-behavioral perspective (learning, reinforcement: we use learning to account why ppl do what they do learning a symptom leads to showing it, md are learned maladaptive behavior- focused on environmental factors and person"s perception of them. Sociocultural perspective (problems in living: cultural variables influence the nature and extent to which ppl interpret their own beha, culture-bound syndrome is when md exists appear to occur only in certain cultures.