PSY 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Behaviorism, Electrotherapy
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Say that we are creatures of the present. Cannot crawl into the mind of people of the past that existed. Freud gets criticized for his stances on homosexuality and women. Treat a historical figure the way you would want to be treated 100 years from now. He was a product of his time, and we cannot necessarily blame him for these views. He was an atheist but a cultural jew. He struggled with the anti-semitism of his day. Early research was in neuroscience and considered becoming a professor. He was cold and demanding, but freud got along with him. Escaped to england in 1938 during the war. Took him 8 years instead of 5 to get his md. Thought cocaine was an anesthetic for the eye. He went to paris and studied with charcot. Finally realized it wasn"t working and was just a placebo. He went to burnheim and learned about hypnosis.
