Models of Abnormality www.psychlotron.org.uk When we looked at treatments for stress, we saw that the way you try to treat it depends on how you decide to model it People are complex and their behaviour has many possible causes We can model behaviour (including abnormal behaviour) in a number of different ways

Models of Abnormality Thinking Processes Emotional Processes www.psychlotron.org.uk Thinking Processes Emotional Processes Learned Behaviours Biological Processes

Models of Abnormality www.psychlotron.org.uk Behavioural processes Thinking & emotional processes Conscious Unconscious Biological processes Learning of behaviour Faulty thinking & perception Repressed memories & emotions Genetics Structural damage Chemicals

Models of Abnormality Biological/Biomedical Psychodynamic Cognitive www.psychlotron.org.uk Biological/Biomedical Emphasises biological processes Psychodynamic Emphasises unconscious emotional processes Cognitive Emphasises semi-conscious thinking processes Behavioural Emphasises learning processes

Models of Abnormality For each model: www.psychlotron.org.uk For each model: Assumptions about the causes of abnormality How it explains eating disorders Strengths & weaknesses; criticisms; evaluation