PSYC 3406 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Object Relations Theory, Sigmund Freud, Operant Conditioning

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3406
• Professor: Dawn M.Cisewski

Document Summary

Models of psychological abnormality scientists and clinicians use models, or paradigms, to understand and treat abnormal behavior. Such abnormalities are sometimes the result of genetic inheritance of abnormalities, normal evolution, or viral infections. Biological therapists use physical and chemical methods to help people overcome their psychological problems. The leading methods are drug therapy, electroconvulsive therapy, and, on rare occasions, psychosurgery: the psychodynamic model psychodynamic theorists believe that an i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior, (cid:449)hether (cid:374)or(cid:373)al or a(cid:271)(cid:374)or(cid:373)al, is deter(cid:373)i(cid:374)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) underlying psychological forces. They consider psychological conflicts to be rooted in early parent-child relationships and traumatic experiences. The psychodynamic model was formulated by sigmund freud, who said that three dynamic forces the id, ego, and superego interact to produce thought, feeling, and behavior. Freud also proposed that individuals who do not make appropriate adjustments in the id, ego, and superego during their early years may become fixated at an early stage of development.