Discuss Biological-Neuroscience (and Psychopharmacology) Focuses on the impact of the brain/nervous system on normal and abnormal psychological states .

Biological-Evolutionary This paradigm is based on the thinking/work of Darwin Central assumptions of the Biological-Evolutionary Paradigm include: oEvolutionary Theory (random changes from simple to increasingly complex organisms, species mutations creating new species, all life began somehow from non-life materials, all current species of life produced from single first random life form) oLong-Term shaping of human psychology (personality, gender differences, etc.) through Natural Selection Processes oHuman psychology biologically based and controlled oVery limited or no human free will Biological-Genetic Psychological paradigm that is based on genetic research Central assumptions of the Biological-Genetic Paradigm include: oHuman psychology biologically based and controlled oPresently no cure for psychological disorders, only reduction of symptoms through drugs or surgery oPsychological disorders are the result of damage, mutations, and/or abnormality in the genes oPotential future prevention and cure for psychological disorders through gene manipulation oSome influence on genetic control and thus psychological conditions depending on various environmental conditions oVery limited or no human free will Biological-Neuroscience (and Psychopharmacology) Focuses on the impact of the brain/nervous system on normal and abnormal psychological states Central assumptions of the Biological-Neuroscience Paradigm include: oHuman psychology biologically based and controlled oPresently no cure for psychological disorders, only reduction of symptoms through drugs or surgery oPsychological disorders are the result of malfunctions in the biochemistry of the brain and nervous system oVery limited human free will