PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Alprazolam, Risperidone, Behaviour Therapy
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Science is not completely objective, and bound by limitations by current state of knowledge. Paradigm: conceptual framework or approach within which a scientist works. Set of basic assumptions that outline particular universe of scientific inquiry. Defines specialities of the scientists had trained in, each clinician have their own paradigm. Specify what problems scientist will investigate and how they will go about the investigation. Injects biases into definition and collection of data. Four major types of paradigms: biological, cognitive-behavioural, psychoanalytic, humanistic. Neuropsychologist: scientists that study how brain, and how brain pathologies can lead to cognition / psychological disorder: have paradigm that related to brain, apply neuropsychological assessment (mri) Current thinking about abnormal behaviours tends to be multi-faced. Biological paradigm continuation of somatogenic hypothesis (aka medical model/disease model) Believed that mental disorders are caused by aberrant biological processes. Characteristic of all medical illnesses result with disrupted biological processes or not functioning normally.
