PSYC 4039 : Spring 2013 Exam 2 Review Madness And Medicine
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5-10 questions on chapter in 3 & 5. Genetics and causation in mental illnesss (brain abnormalities causing mental illness) Eugenics huge in america 1900-1950s, consistent with capitalism. Positive and negative eugenics (make sure you understand the difference) Sterilization (forced) of mentally ill on a large scale, almost all states participated, buck v. bell in supreme court. There is an emplied end to biological psychology but it"s not really true. Kraepelin comes into play somewhere with this because he always believed in biological basis. Bettleheim: autism was the bad, cold mother"s fault. ): 1965, autism not caused by any environmental factor, but is indeed a brain disease. Said there were 2 factors for autism: environment or genetics. (prominent men give better environments) Seperating these is difficult, to solve this problem they resort to twin studies. Understand logic behind twin studies, concordance, and heritability.
