Psy201 Week 8 Psychological Disorders

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Psychological Disorders

Etiology of Psychological Disorders

Describe the following perspectives on the etiology of psychological disorders:

|Perspective |Description of Perspective |

|Biological Perspective |This is a perspective that there are real biological reasons for disorders such as genetic, |

| |neurochemical, and neuroanatomical. It is as if we are preprogramed to be the way we are. |

|Learning Perspective |This is the perspective that anxiety disorders come from learned behaviors. |

|Cognitive Factors |The theory that maladaptive thought are linked to anxiety. |

|Diathesis-Stress Model |A hypothesis that suggests a condition can have a biological root or cause that’s triggered by |

| |an environmental stressor. |

|Personality Factors |This is the factor that takes into consideration what you have been through as a child that |

| |shaped your personality into what it is today and how that affects you. |

|Social-Cognitive Perspective |The social cognitive perspective of personality emphasizes the importance of observational |

| |learning, self-efficacy, situational influences and cognitive processes. This is basically |

| |about how we can learn things such as anxiety or helplessness. |

|Psychological Factors |This is about your mindset and how your thought affect your...