After contemplating the three levels of psychological analysis in regards to the case of Andrea Yates, I have deemed the neuroscience and behavioral genetic perspective the most convincing. Although I do see the roles the other perspectives may play in her psychotic actions, I feel that there must be a sense of insanity originating from the brain, most likely a form of depression. The fact that she had been off her meds does not seem a coincidence to me because if she was prescribed them in the first place, she clearly experienced frightening symptoms. I do question the doctor's incentive to take her off her meds though if she was so unstable at the time of the murders. Furthermore, I think it is another red flag that both her siblings also obtained mood disorders; clearly something was not right in her family. While it may have been a combination of her social environment and her unstable mental perception, I believe that her delusional thoughts of the Devil possessing her as well as her questionable history with depression and mood disorders points the most convincing level of psychological analysis to the neuroscience and behavioral genetic perspective.
This case illuminates many principles about psychology that I had not even comprehended. One that stood out to me was that the number of perspectives that must be taken into consideration when evaluating a patient and their brain functions. Andrea Yates, for example, had numerous bizarre symptoms and explanations throughout the duration of the murders, as well as her trial, such as claims of the Devil within her and her children's developmental issues. As you conveyed the three different perceptions to choose from I found myself nodding to each one, thinking, "well yes this could be why" and "oh yeah that too". To me, this emphasized that not only one thing could be wrong within a person's brain and it opened up the number of possibilities that I would not even think of, which furthermore excites me for the surprises this class holds in store for me. In other words, I think it has become clear that there is not necessarily one right answer when it comes to the imperfections of each individual's brain.
