PSYC 3850 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Prenatal Care, Alpha-Fetoprotein, James Mckeen Cattell

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3850
• Professor: Carol Anne Hendry

Document Summary

Early egyptians tried to cure a number of human ailments. Infanticide is the widespread killing of infants with disabilities in ancient greece and rome. During the renaissance, physicians such as paracelsus and platter began to distinguish between mental retardation and mental illness. Although there were medical advances in the 17th century, societal factors leg to inhumane treatment of individuals with cids in europe in america. In the 18th century, periere and pinel began advocating a more humane approach. Moral treatment is an approach that is attributed to pinel; it emphasized positive, psychologically orientated components. Jean marc gaspard itard is a french physician best known for his work with victor, the wild boy of averyon. He believed that individuals with severe cids could be educated. Jean etienne esquirol is one of the first to establish levels of cids who differentiated between. Johan jacob guggenbuhl was credited as being the first to establish an institution for individuals with cids in adenburg, switzerland.