PSYC 3140 Lecture Notes - Abnormal Psychology, Operant Conditioning, Reticular Formation
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A paradigm is a set of shared assumptions that includes both the substance of a theory and beliefs about how scientists should collect data and test the theory. Systems theory is an approach that integrates evidence on different biological, psychological, and social influences on abnormal behavior. Biological paradigm looks for biological abnormalities that might cause abnormal behavior. The psychodynamic paradigm asserts that abnormal behavior is caused by unconscious conflicts stemming from early childhood experiences (freud) Defence mechanisms are unconscious self-deceptions that reduce conscious anxiety by distorting anxiety-producing memories, emotions, and impulses. The cognitive behavioral paradigm views abnormal behavior and normal behavior as the result of different forms of learning. Classical conditioning was invented by ivan pavlov and is learning through association and involves an unconditioned stimulus, an unconditioned response, a condiotioned stimulus, and a conditioned response. Extinction occurs once a conditioned stimulus no longer is paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
