Models Of Abnormal Psychology
Models of Abnormal Behavior
§ What are models?
†Systems used to describe phenomena
†Some theoretically based
†Some empirically derived
§ If models are not fact †why use them?
†To derive and test hypotheses
†To serve as a starting block
†In psychotherapy †case conceptualization
Models of Psychopathology
§ Biological
§ Psychological
†Psychodynamic
†Behavioral
†Cognitive
†Humanistic
†Family Systems
†Multicultural
Biological Models
§ Structural
†Based upon functioning of structures in the brain
†i.e. brain damage
†Other examples?
§ Neurochemical
†Chemical imbalance (what does this mean)
†Ex. Dopamine in schizophrenia
Biological Models
§ Genetic
†Genetic vulnerability
†Genetic predisposition
†Twin studies
†Huntington's
†Sequencing the genome †possibilities?
Criticisms of Biological Model
§ Does not explain psychopathology with no biological determinant
§ Twin studies
§ Diathesis-stress models
§ Environmental-biological interactions
§ Limits treatment implications
Psychodynamic Model
§ Psychological disorders result from:
†Trauma/anxiety during childhood
†Repressed childhood anxieties
†Freud pioneer in psychoanalysis
†Believed that mental processes going on a subconscious level
†Role of therapist to help client gain insight into these subconscious processes
Psychodynamic Model
§ Personality Structure
†Id (pleasure principle)
†Ego (reality principle)
†Superego (conscience)
§ Psychosexual Stages
†Oral
†Anal
†Phallic
†Latency
†Genital
Psychodynamic Model
§ Freud’s theory of psychopathology based upon three types of anxiety
†Realistic anxiety
†Moralistic Anxiety
†Neurotic Anxiety
§ Freud speculated that repression occurred when anxiety gets out of control.
§ Protect, operate unconsciously and distort reality
§ Examples of repression?
Psychodynamic Model
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