PSYC 4039 Chapter : Biological Psych Notes
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2/23/2012 6:44:00 pm: the first biological psychiatry, continuity vs discontinuity, three narratives of 19th century psychiatry, the first biological psychiatry , genetics, neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, clinical/descriptive method, genetic madness, degeneration, evolution, eugenics, degeneration, human evolution, evolution. Truth is that all people are not created equal. Central idea: means that variation helps some people to survive better. Some genes are "preserved" because they work: struggle for survival, some implications. Meaning of life is to propagate your genes. Egg is what"s important; egg as metaphor for dna. We can alter our own evolutionary pathway: eugenics. Identify gifted individuals and have the government promote the union of gifted people for the betterment of society. Developed first test for mental attributes; not considered father of intelligence test: twin studies. Wasn"t till 1920s that first twin study was conducted. Found schizophrenia in twins and wanted to see if there was a relationship. *remember: heritability is a statistic that describes a whole population, not an individual.
