Psychology 2042A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Leta Stetter Hollingworth, Moral Insanity, Intellectual Disability

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2042A/B
• Professor: Jeff St.Pierre

Document Summary

Chapter 1 - intro to normal and abnormal behaviour. Historical views and breakthrough: children have not been the priority in the past, early writings suggest that children were slaves in greece, handicapped children were considered an embarrassment and could be put to death. The emergence of social conscience: throughout the 19th century it got better for children. Jean marc itard was one of the first documented people to work with a child with developmental delays instead of sending them to an asylum: symbolically, this launched a new era of helping orientation toward special children. First to give meaning to the concept of a mental disorder by linking it to childhood experiences: emphasized that personality and mental health outcomes have multiple routes, many people added to freud"s theory as time went on, behaviourism: First intended to explain freud"s theories in more scientific terms. Ironically ended up being more psychosocial than freud.