CLP 3140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Antidepressant, Intellectualization, Antipsychotic
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In science, the perspectives used to explain events are known as models or. Paradigms: spell out basic assumptions, give order to the field under study, set guidelines for investigation, influence investigator behaviors. Until recently, model greatly influenced by cultural beliefs: single model of abnormality. Today several models are used to explain and treat abnormal functioning and fall along continuum. Focuses on idea that psychological abnormality is an illness brought about by malfunctioning parts of the organism. Typically points to problems in brain anatomy or brain chemistry. Brain anatomy: the brain is made up of ~100 billion cells (called neurons) and thousands of billions of support cells (called glia, within the brain, large groups of neurons form distinct areas called. Brain regions: connections exist between certain psychological disorders and problems in specific brain areas. Brain chemistry: information is communicated throughout the brain throughout electrical impulses that travel from one neuron to one or more others.
