PSY 401 1st Edition Lecture 33 Outline of Last Lecture I. Gestalt Psychologya. Gestaltb. Perceptioni. Principles of Organization c. Learningi. Wolfgang Kohler Outline of Current Lecture II. Gestalt Psychology a. Learningb. Productive ThinkingIII. Humanitarian Reforma. Demonology and witchcraft i. Trephinationii. Profession of exorcismiii. Middle Agesiv. Rise of Witchcraft Current Lecture I. Gestalt Psychologya. Learning i. Mentality of Apes1. Video: monkeys putting water in tube (insight) to get a peanut 2. Learning cooperation and asking for helpb. “Productive Thinking” (Wertheimer, 1945)i. Reproductive thinking: reorganization of problems to find solution1. Reorganize information in a novel way2. Example: nine-dot problem: 4 lines for 9 dots, people do not think to go outside the border (get fixated and don’t think outside the box) 3. Example: “Famous Story of a young Gauss”a. Adding up 1, 2, 3…10- did it way quicker because just did 11x5 new way of thinkingII. Humanitarian ReformThese 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.a. Demonology and Witchcrafti. Trephination: ancient technique of chipping/drilling holes in the skull to allow release of psychopathology of evil spiritsii. Profession of exorcism1. Prayers and averse concoctions so gross that it would cause them to vomit and expel evil spirits iii. Middle Ages1. Dance maniasa. Tarantism: had ‘seen’ tarantula (probably bitten)-caused them to flail/dancei. Treatment: encouraged them to keep moving so it would separate out venom (like a centrifuge) b. St. Vitus Dance: locked in a room with musicians until people collapsed from exhaustion c. Moonstruck behavior: about full moon2. Biting Mania: started with a group of nuns biting each other3. Lycanthropy: delusion they thought they were wolves, caused by wolf blood treat by draining blood by chopping off limbiv. Rise of Witchcraft1. Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger (1486) “Malleus Maleficarum”- book to identify witches a. Widespread dissemination (lots of languages, countries, etc.)b. Sections: i. Classification (of witches)1. Witches/demons cause pathology2. Witches were usually women, assertive, outspokenii. Methods of Witchcraft1. Glare, dolls2. Lots of symptoms (agitated, irritable, depressed) iii. Courtroom procedures1. No evidence would just say ‘because I am cursed” 2. Death penalty and
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