[Psychology 2036A/B] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (53 pages long!)

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2036A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Common sense: happens when the body malfunctions, body is not working properly. Three implications: physical illness has physical causes, treat the body, eliminate illness -> health, health and illness are opposites, when one is present, the other is absent. Biomedical model: same as the three implications, physical illness has physical causes, treat the body, eliminate illness -> health, health and illness are opposite: dominant model since the 1600s. Biomed model can be traced back to the ancient greeks, 500-300 bce. If you become a doctor, you must recite the hippocratic oath. Trephination: opening the skull to let the spirit escape. Hippocrates" view: illness stems from bio processes: the humoral theory: explains why people get sick, 4 body fluids: Flem: when the 4 fluids are balanced, we are in good health. Advances came to a halt about medical knowledge. Roman catholic church dominates europe (including practice of medicine)