PSYCH 2AP3 Chapter 2: An integrative approach to psychopathology
12 Feb 2019
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Multidimensional integrative approach to psychopathology: biological dimensions, causal factors from the fields of genetics and neuroscience, psychological dimensions, causal factors from behavioural and cognitive processes, including learned helplessness, social learning, prepared learning and even unconscious processes. Emotional influences, social, and interpersonal influences: developmental influences. One-dimensional model: to say that psychopathology is caused by a physical abnormality or by conditioning: attempts to trace the origins of behaviour to a single cause. E. g. , sz or a phobia is caused by a chemical imbalance or by growing up surrounded by overwhelming conflicts among family members. Finding the causes of abnormal behaviour is complex: focusing on biological or behavioural factors would not have given us a full picture of the causes, have to consider a variety of other influences and how they might interact. Each normal human cell has 46 chromosomes arranged in 23 pairs.
