Psychology 2036A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Medicine Man, Eastern Philosophy, Telepathy

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2036A/B
• Professor: Sarah Khan

Document Summary

Curanderismo a form of practiced medicine found in many latin american countries; performed by a curandero. Psychosomatic illness an illness believed to have underlying emotional or psychological causes. A model supported by scientific inquiry and empirical study. Proposes that health is the absence of disease or dysfunction. Disease is defined as an abnormality, dysfunction or deviation in a body organ or other body structure. This wholly physiologically based concept of health is consistent with some earlier beliefs. The biomedical model defines dysfuntionality as an illness and interprets physiological symptoms as signs of the illness. By focusing on the physical causes of illness, the biomedical model overlooks emotional or psychological determinants that also influence well-being. The second limitation is the problem-oriented focus of the biomedical model proposes that a change in normal bodily functions that results in a deviation from or dysfunction of the body signals a problem to be rectified.