PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Operant Conditioning, Classical Conditioning, Existential Therapy
21 Dec 2011
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Current paradigms and the role of cultural factors. Chapter 2: paradigm: a set of basic assumptions, a general perspective, that defines who to conceptualize and study a subject, how to gather and interpret relevant data, even how to think about a particular subject. The biological paradigm it is a continuation of the somatogenic hypothesis (mental disorders are caused by irregular biological processes: aka. Medical model or disease model the germ theory was once very pervasive but then it was found that it cannot account for all diseases (ex. Diabetes: medical illness are common in that; there is some biological process that is disrupted or not functioning normally this paradigm was dominant from late 1800s to the middle 20th century, ex. Hall"s removed ovarian cysts or the whole ovary to treat melancholia, mania, and delusions. People who share 50% of genes with a given individual are called first-degree relatives.
