PSY 245 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hypnosis, Internal Validity, Psychoactive Drug
Document Summary
Rise in popularity based on work with hypnotism. Sigmund freud: father of psychoanalysis: unconscious processes cause abnormality. This approach applied mostly to those not requiring hospitalization (outpatients) These discoveries led to deinstitutionalization and rise in outpatient care. While once exclusive private psychotherapy, it now includes various settings as well as specialty care. In any given year, 1 in 6 adults. Dominant form of insurance coverage for mental health care is managed care program. Replication replicate the study to make sure the theory applies. Use scientific method to explain relationships among variables. The role of heredity and environmental influences on human behaviors. i. e. genetic disorders, mom and dad"s genes. Genetic studies twin studies (identical twins similar dna can see the similarities more easily) adoptee studies (can learn a lot about environmental factors the way you look at religion, money, etc. ) Primarily use longitudinal studies two years, 18 months, 5 years, 10 years to see changes in behavior over time.
