PS101 Study Guide - Dissociative Disorder, Deep Brain Stimulation, Sigmund Freud
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Complexity of human behaviour: billions of neurons. Prejudice: people have fear of studying themselves, copernicus- earth orbits around the sun, darwin- humans and animals are not so different, freud- we think unconsciously we are not in control all of the time. Religion: adam and eve eat from the tree of knowledge and god was angry, quest of knowledge gives possibility of discovering terrible things about oneself. Science is now re defining reality- technology. Kids who threaten murder parents: pyromaniacs, cruelty to animals. Bio psychological social model- tissue influences how you think about yourself, how you think about yourself affects how you view others. Mental condition is directly related to physical wellbeing-affects tissues: woman lost lots of weight eating fish which was full of mercury and this caused her disorders. Animism- every material object has a spirit/soul, every plant, animal, star contains a second being. Plato anticipated many conflicts we face today.
