Psychosocial, biological/medical, socio/cultural theoretical models
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What is the psychosocial, the biological/medical, and the socio/cultural theoretical models? How do these models relate to the development of the field of abnormal psychology?
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Psychosocial theoretical model: According to theorist Erik Erikson this theory states that people experience 8 psychological crisis stages in their lifetime which greatly affect a person's development and personality. Each involves a crisis of 2 opposing emotional forces that relate to a corresponding life stage and its challenges. To get past it involves achieving a healthy ratio between 2 healthy dispositions. Any unsuccessful passage through a given psychological crisis stage can develop a tendency towards any of the opposing forces. People may then respond negatively to ...
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