PSYC 3140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Common Rule, Classical Conditioning, Panic Disorder
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Each model spells out the scientist"s basic assumptions, gives order to the field under study, and sets guidelines for its investigation. It influences what the investigators observe as well as the questions they ask, the information they seek, and how they interpret this information. To understand how a clinician explains or treats a specific set of symptoms, we must know his or her preferred model of abnormal functioning. Until recently, clinical scientists tended to agree on a single model of abnormality -- a model greatly influenced by the beliefs of their culture. Ex. the demonological model that was used to explain abnormal functioning during the. Middle ages borrowed heavily from medieval society"s concerns w/ religion, superstition, and warfare. Medieval practitioners would have seen the devil"s guiding hand -- treatments would have sought to drive foreign spirits from his body. Biological model - sees physical processes as key to human behaviour.
