HONR 370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Bipolar Disorder, Biopsychosocial Model, Homeostasis
20 Sep 2016
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Genetic link genetic predisposition found for some mood disorders (bipolar disorder, depression, schizophrenia: cognitive-affective level. Cognitive errors: overreactions, creates a self-fulfilling prophecy: social interpersonal level. Problems may result from family dynamics: social institutional level. Clusters of social relationships involving people working together to address societal need. Difficulties with university, being laid off, not getting needed assistance: cultural level. All behavior occurs in a cultural context. Ethnical psychology: the study of the minds of other races of people. Eugenics: only good genes should be passed to future generations: undesirable groups should not reproduce, black graduate students in psychology in early 1900"s. Francis sumner first black man to get his phd. Ethnic minority research aimed at racism, discrimination, and poverty: kenneth and mamie clark. Brown vs. board of education: gender. Student of kohlberg disagreed with his theories. Research on gender differences in moral reasoning: women- care and compassion, men- justice and fairness, lesbian, gay, bisexual (lgb)
