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1 Models of Abnormality 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

2 Models of Abnormality Thinking Processes Emotional Processes
Thinking Processes Emotional Processes Learned Behaviours Biological Processes

3 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

4 Models of Abnormality Biological/Biomedical Psychodynamic Cognitive
Biological/Biomedical Emphasises biological processes Psychodynamic Emphasises unconscious emotional processes Cognitive Emphasises semi-conscious thinking processes Behavioural Emphasises learning processes

5 Models of Abnormality For each model:
For each model: Assumptions about the causes of abnormality How it explains eating disorders Strengths & weaknesses; criticisms; evaluation

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