PSYC 350 1st Edition Lecture 2 Outline of Last Lecture I. Definitions of “abnormal behaviors”II. Abnormality by cultureOutline of Current Lecture I. Early history of abnormal behaviorsII. Asylums, St. Mary’sIII. Freud, the case of Anna O.IV. Psychosexual development stagesCurrent Lecture-Early history says abnormal behaviors are caused by evil spirits that can be cured by drilling a hole in the skull and driving the spirits out through it, trephination-Disturbed people were "witches"-Hippocrates said that an imbalance fluids called humors cause abnormal behavior. Yellow is anxiety, black is depression.-"Lunatics" were made abnormal by the moon-They tested for witches by holding her underwater, if she survived then she was a witch.-Asylums were places of refuge for abnormals, St. Mary of Bethlehem was the most famous one.-Patients at St. Mary's would interact with one another in a common area and people could buy tickets to watch them on Sundays-Scientists thought disorders were due to too much blood in the brain, so they would have the brain bleed out, that's how George Washington died.-Other scientists thought drugs like opium and marijuana were good treatments, nope.-Franz Mesmer believed hypnosis was the cure for disorders-Sigmund Freud developed the psychodynamic approach to treatment-Anna O. was a famous patient with many disorders like anxiety and phobias but mainly she couldn't drink water from a crystal glass during a heat wave, so they treated her through talk therapy and discovered a past experience with a dog made her conditioned to be nauseous at drinking water from a crystal glass.-Anna O. made doctors realize that a lot of disorders come from early experiences, they can be discovered and cured through talk therapy-Conflicts and stresses are repressed, psychoanalysis recovers thoseThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.-Freud completely lied about Anna O. being cured, this caused concern about his approach. You cannot believe anything Freud says.-Psychosexual development stages: oral, anal, phallic, latency,
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