Question

Professor Eisenhower believes there is no one specific cause of psychological disorders. He believes they are instead caused by a combination of factors, including (but not limited to) genetic, hormonal, cultural, behavioral, and unconscious influences. Professor Eisenhower supports which perspective of abnormal behavior?

Answer 1

Answer:

Professor Eisenhower supports biopsychosocial perspective of abnormal behaviour.

Explanation:

• Abnormal behaviour is defined as distressing as well as maladaptive behaviour & often the consequence of distorted thoughts.The four main models are biological,behavioural,cognitive & psychodynamic models.They aimed at the description of the causes  & treatment of all psychological disorders all from a different approach.
• Medical perspective: Entire emphasis is done on environmental as well as biological as well as physiological factors because these are the causes of abnormal behaviour & they are treatable.Hospitalization & drugs are the preferred treatment methods rather than psychological investigations.
• Psychodynamic perspectives  are those which are evolved from Freud psychoanalytic theory which states that  psychological disorders are the result of anxiety which is created because of unsolved conflicts. Treatment laid emphasis on identification as well as solution of conflicts.  
• Behavioral perspective states that abnormal behaviour is a consequence of faulty learning or conditioning.Treatment consists of traditional learning methods to teach more adaptive response.
• Cognitive perspectives states that people develop abnormal behaviour because of thinking & behaviour which are often based on  faulty assumptions. Cognitive therapy  is a phenomena of   unlearning & avoidance of bad habbits  as well as replacing them with the efficient ones.
• Cultural perspective : Abnormal behaviour is learned from social context ranging from family to community to culture.Cultural variables  are the significant in causing abnormal behaviour. For eg.Anorexia nervosa & bulimia are psychological disorders  found commonly in Western cultures which value the thin female body.