attempts to trace the origins of behavior to a single cause.

• One-dimensional model
• Multidimensional model
• Model

implies that any particular influence (behavioral, biological, emotional, social, developmental) contributing to psychopathology cannot be considered out of context.

• One-dimensional model
• Multidimensional model

A set of assumptions and concepts that help scientists explain and interpret observations. Also called a paradigm.

• One-dimensional model
• Multidimensional model
• Model

sees physical processes as key to human behavior

• Biological model
• Demonological model
• Psychodynamic model
• Cognitive-behavioral model
• Humanistic-existential model

emphasizes behavior, the ways in which it is learned, and the thinking that underlies

• Cognitive-behavioral model
• Demonological model
• Biological model
• Psychodynamic model
• Humanistic-existential model

looks to social and cultural forces as the keys to human functioning

• Sociocultural model
• Demonological model
• Biological model
• Psychodynamic model
• Cognitive-behavioral model

emphasizes an individual’s culture and the shared beliefs, values, and history of that culture

• Multicultural perspective
• Demonological model
• Biological model
• Psychodynamic model
• Cognitive-behavioral model

used to explain abnormal functioning during the Middle Ages, for example, borrowed heavily from medieval society’s concerns with religion, superstition, and warfare

• Demonological model
• Biological model
• Psychodynamic model
• Cognitive-behavioral model
• Humanistic-existential model

looks at people’s unconscious internal processes and conflicts

• Psychodynamic model
• Demonological model
• Biological model
• Cognitive-behavioral model
• Humanistic-existential model

stresses the role of values and choices

• Humanistic-existential model
• Demonological model
• Biological model
• Psychodynamic model
• Cognitive-behavioral model