PSYB32H3 Chapter 2: Chapter 2 of textbook covered in week 2 of FALL 2010 semester
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Psyb32 chapter 2: current paradigms & the rold of cultural factors. A paradigm is a set of basic assumptions, a general perspective, that defines how to conceptualize and study a subject, how to gather and interpret relevant data and how to think about a particular subject. Thomas kuhn: subjective factors as well as limitations in our perspective on the world enter scientific inquiry; his view is the notion of a paradigm: The meaning or importance of data may depend on the extent on a paradigm. 5 paradigms: biological, psychoanalytical, humanistic and existential, learning, and cognitive: biologial paradigm: of abnormal behave is a continuation of the somatogenic hypothesis; holds that mental disorders are caused by deviant biological processes; aka the medical/disease model. Louis pasteur: relationship btwn bacteria & diseasegerm theory of disease provided a new explanation for pathology; but this theory did not account for all diseases. E. g. heart disease depends on many other factors (genetic makeup, smoking, obesity etc. )
