Question

Describe how the biological model accounts for abnormal behavior.

Answer 1

Biological model suggests that abnormal behaviors are the result of chemical imbalance in the brain. This would mean that any defect in any part of the body would directly influence one’s behaviors as one derives the commands to be executed by the body parts from the brain. Some of the causes for this malfunctioning of the physical body and the brain could be attributed to infection, malnutrition, poisoning etc. People who experience great level of stress, loss and abuse would also go through many chemical changes which would limit people from functioning normally. So, rectifying the physical ailments and neural networks would help one overcome all the issues. There are many new technologies that aid in scanning the brains and its functions help the medical world and the psychological world has come as a boon in studying the abnormalities which is also opposite to the Freudian psychoanalytical view of abnormality.

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