PSYB32H3- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 119 pages long!)
30 Nov 2017
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Lecture 1: introduction de nitional and historical conditions. What to do with abnormality: early demonology. Demonology people were possessed by demons if they were abnormal. Exorcism get rid of demons in people by making the demon so uncomfortable that it left the body. Trepanning drill hole into an abnormal person"s head to release the pressure the demon had on the person. The rst measure of abnormality and the ultimate no win situation. The brain is the organ of the mind something in the skull that gives rise to di erent kinds of behaviours; rst to say that brain is related to behaviour. The mind is composed of multiple distinct, innate faculties large forehead gives you a larger vocabulary; bigger skull gives you musical abilities. Because they"re distinct, each faculty must have a separate seat or organ in the brain. The size of an organ, other things being equal, is a measure of its power.
