PSYC 4039 Study Guide - Comprehensive Midterm Guide: Mental Disorder, Madness, Hippocratic Corpus
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Foucault believed mentally illness was not real. He believed all of the mentally ill were put on a ship and sailed around, got off at ports and then got back on the boat. No distinction between history and literature: such views are most prevalent in: Thomas kuhn- the structure of scientific revolutions: normal science. Paradigm driven (set of beliefs that all scientists working on a given problem accept as true) Defines fundamental nature of the thing studied. Example: mental illness is caused by the disturbance of brain chemistry. Defines questions that are legitimate to ask. Example: asking about levels of neurotransmitters in the brain. Contrary to the belief that scientists are looking to disprove the paradigm. Saying you are depressed because you had a bad mother is not consistent. Saying you are depressed because there isn"t enough serotonin in your brain is consistent. Scientists discover things that don"t fit with the paradigm (anomalies).
