Biological Causes of Abnormal Behaviour Biological factors play a crucial role in mental disorders, including inherited traits, biochemical imbalances, brain abnormalities, and stress responses. These affect all personality aspects and have special significance in abnormal behavior development. 📑 Table of Contents Introduction Biological Causes of Abnormal Behavior Genetic Defects Constitutional Factors Biochemical Factors Brain Dysfunction Bodily Stress Factors FAQs Sources & References About the Writer 1. Introduction Abnormal behavior never occurs suddenly in a person, rather it has a definite history. Three types of ideologies have been adopted to explain the causes of abnormal behavior - biological perspective, psychosocial perspective and sociocultural perspective. Each school of thought has made a successfu...
Memory is a mental process which is present in every individual. When he sees any object,thing or place,then its engrams is created in his/her mind. These along with learnt things, is called memory. Different scholars have defined memory in different ways: According to Magdugal, memory means "imagining about past experiences" According to J.S.Rass "Memory is new experience which is based on past experiences" Stout defined Memory as" an ideal recapitulation" Woodworth called memory as "The straight use of learnt experiences" The process of memory follows for stages such as learning, retention, recall and recognition. The five Major characteristics which form the good memory of any individual are: (1) Rapidity in Learning: The first characteristics of good memory is that every fact is learnt easily and rapidly. Quiet contrary if the student takes time in Learning then memory is not good. (2) Stability of Retention: ...