PSYC 1002 Study Guide - Final Guide: Stanley Milgram, Asperger Syndrome, Evolutionary Psychology

• School: Trent University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1002
• Professor: Nancie Im- Bolter

Document Summary

5-10,000 bce: trephining: let the demons out (5-10,000 bce) No: bile disturbances: hot bile->sexuality, verbosity, suicidal tendencies. Middle ages: greek science survived in islamic cultures, 1st mental hospital: baghdad in 792 c. e, elsewhere, supernatural explanaions of abnormality, witchcraf, mass madness, saint vitus dance. Paracelsus (1490-1541: psychic causes for mental illness, proposed treatment with animal magneism (hypnosis) Humanitarian reform: pinel experimented with treaing mental paients with kindness, 1841 to 1881, dorothea dix in usa campaigned against inhumane treatment of mentally ill. 20 th century mental hospital care: 1900"s, mental hospitals harsh, inhumane, inefecive, began to shif 1950"s, lately, deinsituionalizaion with mixed results. Medical model: a biological approach that describes psychological disorders as medical diseases with a biological origin. Schizophrenia: severe, highly disordered thought processes (1% of pop. , delusions: false beliefs, hallucinaions: false sensaions, deterioraion of adapive behaviour, disorganized speech: word salad .