PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Frontal Lobe, Temporal Lobe, Mental Disorder

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYB32H3
• Professor: Konstantine Zakzanis

Document Summary

Current paradigms and the role of cultural factors. ***(threw a hint at the following definition) To elaborate on paradigms, think about if you go see a psychiatrist. You know what paradigm they"re working from based on what their degree/specialty is. If you see a psychtherapist, what paradigm do they come from: humanistic, existential, cognitive, behavioural, these paradigms run under the assumption that there is a more psychogenic origin to abnormal behaviour, as opposed to (neuro) biological. These are the types of paradigms to be discussed this lecture. We"ll be going over 4 paradigms (technically 5 but two of them are very related so discussed as. This paradigm typically follows a medical model. ***(hinting at some terms he wants us to know for exam and later parts of the course) One approach to researching these types of disorders in order to understand them, which people who come from a biological paradigm will use is called: behavioural genetics.