PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Genetic Marker, Thomas Kuhn, Genetic Linkage
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Paradigms (thomas kuhn) a set of basic assumptions that outlines the universe of scientific inquiry. Indication the concepts regarded as legitimate & the methods to be used in collecting & interpreting data. It indicates how scientists operate so if two scientists were researching the same thing or shared the same paradigm, they are committed to the same rules. It specifies what problems scientists will investigate & how they"ll go about the investigation. Four types of paradigms: biological paradigm medical model/disease model, cognitive behavioural, psychoanalytic, humanistic. Biological paradigm medical model/disease model a broad theoretical view that holds mental disorders are caused by some aberrant somatic process or defect. A continuation of the somatogenic hypothesis the belief that one"s physical body (bodily organs) resulted in thought problems. Medical illness differ in their causes, but the biological paradigm firmly believe that they all share 1 characteristic some biological process"s is not functioning normally.
