PSY240H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Borderline Personality Disorder, Group Psychotherapy, Therapeutic Relationship
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Big b: biochem, infection, genetics, brain damage. All behaviour is learned, as we are born w/ a tabula rasa. Classical conditioning, operant conditioning or social learning theory. All behaviour stems from psychological not physical causes. 3 causes of abnormal behaviour: conflicts in the mind, unconscious motivation, childhood experiences. It is the thinking process bw an event and a consq that makes that consq. 1: cognitive triad and errors in logic. Practices such as blood letting and the use of physical strategies to deal w/ disturbed behaviour were common in past centuries. Nowadays, more efficacious treatments avail, and side effects considered. First used in 1930s to dec schizophrenics" symps. Still used to treat severe depression that has not responded to other treatments. Little research on long-term effects altho short term studies suggest can be effective in treating severe depression. Psychoactive agents are pharmacological agents (drugs) that affect the ind"s psychological functioning.
