PSYC 3850 Chapter 1: Chapter 1

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3850
• Professor: Caryl

Document Summary

Chapter 1 intellectual disabilities, seen from different perspectives. Early writings y y paracelsus (german) was one of the first to address id with dualism (separates nature and is exemplified by the animal body ), followed by willis (english) about a century later (more. St. augustine addressed religion in id, raising the possibility that id may be caused by previous misdeeds of the parents an early expression of parental guilt. In willis view, the animal soul is damaged and the cause of the damage is of biological origin. Willis also observed that id can be acquired through disease and head injury, and also that heavy use of alcohol can damage the animal soul and the brain. Willis also touched on mental illness producing deficiencies in behaviour. Willis tried to differentiate between behaviour caused by mental illness as opposed to intellectual disabilities. He felt that inherited ids are largely incurable. He also recognized degrees of intellectual disabilities mild to profound.