PSYCH-UA 51 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Animism, Body Fluid, Psychopathology
11 Sep 2018
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Demonological phase -- devil vs angel on our shoulders -- demon tempting us. Feelings that are bad and then our rational thoughts that are good and healthy when our. Animistic phase -- inanimate objects are living and could impact us and our soul. Mythological phase -- the result was from the mythological being who could control us. Laced with bad reasons for believing -- back in the day if we didn"t understand something we just made up a reason for it. Important to go over the history of psychology. The sacred approach whether we are on their good or bad side. Early hindus feelings overpower our rational thoughts that"s when psychopathology happens. Thought there was a demon associated with every psychological disorder -- had to exercise the demons in a certain way to get rid of them. They thought that the cause of illness -- emotional stress, vicious air and abnormal weather.
