Psychology 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Body Fluid, Physiognomy, Humorism
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1600"s 1800"s: very religious society, mental illness believed to be caused by demonic spirits. Trephining drilling hole in skull so that demon spirits can escape the brain. 400 bc ancient greeks: hippocrates the father of medicine", created the theory of the four humours, an excess of a bodily fluid could determine personality type, developed by aristotle. Physiognomy inferring personality traits from physical features. E. g. fox like features would mean someone had a sly personality. Bumps in skull supposedly mimicked shape of brain, so those areas would be in excess. Somatotyping the idea that one"s body type matched a personality type.
