PSY 731 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Noam Chomsky, Unconsciousness, Hypnosis
29 Dec 2015
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Originally psychology treated the unconscious as unimportant- but some (like chomsky) criticized this approach how to treat it. These people were not interested in science bur rather why people have mental illness and. Those interested set themselves apart from medical professionals. In early times, belief was that the person was in uenced by gods (before 520 bc) In later times (460bc-476ad), hippocrates suggests that all mental health issues have an organic cause. 1487 james sprenger and heinrich kramer published a book called malleus. Poor treatment persisted as inmates held in horri c conditions until the 18th century. Philippe pinel (1745-1826)- tries to understand mental illness and create treatments. Advocates for the rights of the mentally ill. Lecture 10: the history of clinical psychology & psychoanalysis. Hysterics were born with a neurological weakness that was a result of a lack of psychic cohesiveness. The case of anna o and freud. Disturbance between a child and their parent.
