PSYC 3140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Reality Principle, Reaction Formation, Positive Psychology
30 Jan 2014
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Paradigm, a set of basic assumptions that outline the particular universe of scientific inquiry. Biological paradigm perspective holds that mental disorders are caused by aberrant biological processes: medical model or the disease model. Hall said tha insanity exists when the ego is dominated and controlled by the influence from a disease: particularly in women, possibly something wrong in their ovaries. Heredity can predispose a person to have schizophrenia, depression, anxiety disorder and dementia. Genotype is unobservable genetic constitution: phenotype is the observable behavioural characteristics, such as anxiety, genotype is fixed at birth. Monozygotic (one egg) usually have the same genetic makeup: dizygotic usually have 50;50 makeup difference, recent studies show that maybe not 100 percent makeup the actual monozygotic twins. Quite adaptive and high functioning (high iq: the overcontrolling. Linked with shyness, loneliness and moderate self esteem: the undercontrolling. Delinquency and externalizing problems, school conduct difficulties and low levels of iq.
