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Understanding Human Behavior: The Biological Approach Demystified

Explore the Biological Approach in understanding human behavior, addressing mental disorders and symptoms, diagnosis, causes such as genetics and biochemistry, and treatments like drugs and therapy. Discover how this model explains normal and abnormal behavior in a concise and informative manner.

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Understanding Human Behavior: The Biological Approach Demystified

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  1. The Approaches to understanding Human Behaviour • The Biological/Medical Approach Note: An Approach may also be referred to as a Model in the exam PowerPoint Presentations by Eamon Fulcher & Nick Redshaw

  2. The Biological/Medical Model Assumptions • all mental disorders have a physical cause (micro-organisms, genetics, biochemistry, or neuroanatomy) • mental illnesses can be described in terms of clusters of symptoms • symptoms can be identified, leading to the diagnosis of an illness • diagnosis leads to appropriate physical treatments PowerPoint Presentations by Eamon Fulcher & Nick Redshaw

  3. Cause how the biological model explains abnormal/or normal behaviour • Infection • micro-organisms that cause disease • Genetic factors • inherited predispositions to certain illnesses • Biochemistry • excessive amounts of certain biochemicals in the brain • Neuroanatomy • brain damage Treatment • drugs • counselling • electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) • psychosurgery PowerPoint Presentations by Eamon Fulcher & Nick Redshaw

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