PSY 3604 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Classical Conditioning, Ego Psychology, Operant Conditioning

• School: UMN
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3604
• Professor: Sam Cooper

Document Summary

Phobia: a psychological disorder characterized by marked and persistent fear of an object or situation. Insanity is a natural phenomenon caused by mental or emotional stress that is curable. Sin od acedia: symptoms such as despair and lethargy. Oresme (14th century): depression is not the work of demons: mass hysteria: large scale outbreaks of bizarre behavior. Emotion contagion: the experience of an emotion seems to spread to those around us. 1- abnormal behavior in historical context: the moon and stars. Development of biological treatments: electric shock, brain surgery, insulin shock therapy, electro convulsive therapy, 1950s- 1st effective drugs-rauwolfia serpentine, neuroleptics, benzodiazepines. Psychosocial treatment: treatment practices that focus on social and cultural factors, as well as psychological influences; include cognitive, behavioral, and inter personal methods. Moral therapy: psychosocial approach in the 19th century that involved treating patients as normally as possible in normal environments.