PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Attention Seeking, Operant Conditioning, Amygdala
25 Oct 2013
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Current paradigms and the role of cultural factors. Paradigm: is a set of basic assumptions, a general perspective that defines how to conceptualize and study a subject, for together and interpret relevant data, even how to think about a particular subject. A paradigm injects inevitable biases into the definition collection of data. There are four major types of paradigms: biological, cognitive behavioral, psychoanalytic, and humanistic existential. The psychodynamic and humanistic-existential paradigms have become less influential over the years. Biological paradigm of abnormal behavior is a continuation of somatogenic hypothesis. This broad perspective holds that biological processes cause mental disorders. This paradigm has often been referred to as the medical model or disease model. In all medical illnesses some biological processes is disrupted or not functioning normally. Removal of ovarian cysts or the entire ovaries was employed as treatment for melancholia, mania, and delusions. Psychopathology is caused by the disturbance of some biological process.
