PSYA02H3 Chapter 18: chapter 18

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYA02H3
• Professor: Fornier

Document Summary

Trephining: surgical procedure in which a hole is made in the skull of a living person so that evil spirits would leave victim"s head. Painful + degrading practises: insults, exorcism, beatings, starving, browning etc. Pinel experimented successfully with treating patients with mental illness well. Eclectic approach: form of therapy where the therapist uses whatever method they feel works best for a particular client at a particular time. Insight therapy: people are normal but learn maladaptive thought patterns and emotions which are revealed in maladaptive behavioursbehaviour is a symptom of deeper underlying psychological problems and once the cause is understood, the problems will stop. Aims to provide client with insight into their unconscious motivations + impulses. Gains insight through: dreams, physical problems, memory, speech, cognitive + emotional reactions to therapy. Main goal: interpret clues about origins of intrapsychic conflict given by client. F ree association: client encouraged to speak freely, www. notesolution. com.