What causes abnormal behavior?

What causes abnormal behavior?

Biological and Medical model Psychodynamic Model Behavioral Model/Learning Theory Cognitive Model Humanistic Model Stress diathesis

Biological and Medical model

Psychologial disorders have a physical source
"BIG BH"
Biochemistry Infection Genetic vulnerability Brain damage Hormones

Psychodynamic Model
Unconscious factors and motives; likely developed during early childhood
Freud's structure of the mind

Psychodynamic Model: Psychosexual Stages

Behavioral Model/Learning Theory

Experiences and environment
Operant conditioning (B. F. Skinner) Classical Conditioning (Ivan Pavlov) Social learning (Albert Bandura)

Operant conditioning (B. F. Skinner)

Reinforcement (reward) increases behavior

Punishment decreases behavior

Classical Conditioning (Ivan Pavlov)

We constantly learn to associate things like dentists & pain, tests & failure, or a song and love

Social learning (Albert Bandura)

We mimic others' behavior, for better or worse

Cognitive Model
Abnormal behavior is due to maladaptive thinking patterns
Aaron Beck's Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Thoughts, feelings and behavior are interrelated Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and correcting maladaptive thinking patterns; the assumption is that behavior change will follow

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Humanistic Model
Poor self concept and barriers to selfactualization Humanistic Therapy focuses on improving self concept and facilitating selfactualization (Carl Rogers, Abraham Maslow

Client centered therapy simulation

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An Alternative?
Watch: In this video, a psychiatrist argues against the biological model.

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Diathesis Stress Model

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