2/1/20161PSY 401 – T O P I C 4E A R L Y P S Y C H O L O G I C A L T H O U G H THISTORY & SYSTEMS OF PSYCHOLOGY• The Black Death• New World View• Geography• Authority• Science & Knowledge• Group Discussion/2-min paper2THE RENAISSANCE• “...the brief period from 1347-1350 witnessed a biological and medical holocaust that decimated the European population”• Up to 1/3 but in some communities 100% of their population was lost!!!!• What type of effect did this have on the middle ages?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCiBvEoS6os3THE BLACK DEATH2/1/201624Up to 1/3 of the European Population lost between 1347-13505Oriental Rat FleaKingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Family: Pulicidae Order: Siphonaptera Genus: XenopsyllaSpecies: cheopis6Ring around the rosy: rosary beads give you God's help. A pocket full of posies: used to stop the odor of rotting bodies which was at one point thought to cause the plague, it was also used widely by doctors to protect them from the infected plague patients. Ashes, ashes: the church burned the dead when burying them became to laborious. We all fall down: dead. Ring a-round the rosyPocket full of posiesAshes, ashes!We all fall down! c Ring a-round the rosyPocket full of posiesA Tishoo! A Tishoo!We all fall down!2/1/201637St Leonard's, Hythe – Ossuary containing Plague victims remains8Magellan’s Expedition (1519)• Magellan's first successful circumnavigation of the globe• Changed the perception of the world almost overnight….how?• Exposed Europeans to a whole new set of cultures and knowledge• Development of “Revolutionary ideas”• Greek manuscripts9NEW WORLD VIEW - GEOGRAPHY2/1/20164COULD THIS HAPPEN IN 2015?W H AT W O U L D C AU S E S U C H A C H AN G E I N A L L HU MAN T H I N K I N G ?WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING TO THE “AUTHORITY” OF THE TIME?ME D I AE V A L ER A D O M I N AT E D B Y R O MAN CA T H O L I C C H U R C H … .122/1/20165• Development of the Printing press (Guttenburg 1398-1468)• New translations of the bible (Martin Luther)• Index of “Forbidden Books”• The Reformation• Breakaway or change the Roman Catholic Church• Luther• Calvin• Protestant Church evolves13NEW WORLD VIEW - AUTHORITY• Mapmaking as a science• Mallegan• Quantification• Driven by practical need• Banking, Navigation, Commerce• Rediscovery of Pythagoras & Euclid• Changing Visions of the World• Cosmology14NEW WORLD VIEW - SCIENCE & KNOWLEDGEHuman Anatomy – Andreas Vesalius (1514 – 1564)152/1/201661617Ptolemy & The Geocentric ModelMoon Mercury Venus Sun Mars Jupiter Saturn Fixed Stars Sphere of Prime Mover • Ptolemy• Earth Sits in the center of the universe• Dante• Renaissance view following on from Ptolemy• Not just questions about the universe but questions about• Human Destiny• Theology• Philosophy• Purpose of Life on Earth18COSMOLOGY2/1/2016719Heliocentric theoryNicolaus Copernicus (1473 – 1543)20Galileo Galilei (1564 – 1642)Phases of Venus• Copernicus• Heliocentric theory• Sun centered• Earth turns once daily; annual path around the sun• Galileo Galilei• Heliocentric proven with his telescope• Venus has similar lunar phases• Pope granted him to compare Geocentric/Heliocentric• Copernicus (Revolutions) Galileo (Dialogue)• Placed on forbidden books list21COSMOLOGY2/1/20168Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, published in 1632, he was tried by the Inquisition, found "vehemently suspect of heresy," forced to recant, and spent the rest of his life under house arrest22Galileo - Roman InquisitionAUTHORITY & SCIENCE G R O UP S / 2 M I N P A P E RAUTHORITY…..SCIENCE • "For in the sciences the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man.“ (Galileo)• Reason was not just a matter of understanding or observation; it referenced scientific inferences based on measurement, quantification and demonstration—all things religion could not provide.• If religion was seen as the authority of the time….has reason or science replaced it as the new authority?• 2 min paper - Provide examples & support2/1/20169PSY 401 – T O P I C 4E A R L Y P S Y C H O L O G I C A L T H O U G H THISTORY & SYSTEMS OF PSYCHOLOGYTHE RENAISSANCE• Psychological thought in the Renaissance • Petrarch (1304 – 1375)• Loyal Christian wanting to reconcile Christian and Classical thought• Humans should be understood in terms of their natural setting not just in terms of theology• Set the stage for expansion of humanistic studies27PSYCHOLOGY IN THE RENAISSANCE2/1/201610A SCALEDisagree Agreea lot a little neutral a little a lot1 2 3 4 5Number from 1 to 10#1Disagree Agreea lot a little neutral a little a lot1 2 3 4 5The best way to handle people is to tell them what they want to hear.#2Disagree Agreea lot a little neutral a little a lot1 2 3 4 5When you ask someone to do something for you, it is best to give the real reasons for wanting it rather than giving reasons that might carry more weight.2/1/201611#3Disagree Agreea lot a little neutral a little a lot1 2 3 4 5Anyone who completely trusts anyone else is asking for trouble.#4Disagree Agreea lot a little neutral a little a lot1 2 3 4 5It is hard to get ahead without cutting corners here and there.#5Disagree Agreea lot a little neutral a little a lot1 2 3 4 5It is safest to assume that all people have a vicious streak and it will come out when they are given a chance.2/1/201612#6Disagree Agreea lot a little neutral a little a lot1 2 3 4 5One should take action only when sure it is morally right.#7Disagree Agreea lot a little neutral a little a lot1 2 3 4 5Most people are basically good and kind.#8Disagree Agreea lot a little neutral a little a lot1 2 3 4 5There is