PSYC 2364 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Therapeutic Relationship, Countertransference, Psychoactive Drug
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Chapter 2: contemporary perspectives on abnormal behavior and methods of treatment. The biological perspective, inspired by scientists and physicians since the time of. Hippocrates, focuses on the biological underpinnings of abnormal behavior and the use of biologically based approaches, such as drug therapy, to treat psychological disorders. The biological perspective gave rise to the development of the medical model, which remains today a powerful force in the contemporary understandings of abnormal behavior. The nervous system is made up of neurons, nerve cells that transmit signals or. Dendrites the rootlike structures at the ends of neurons that receive messages from other neurons. Axon the long, thin part of a neuron along which nerve impulses travel. Terminals the small branching structures at the tips of axons. Neurotransmitters chemical substances that transmit messages from one neuron to another. Synapse the junction between one neuron and another across which neurotransmitters pass.
