Terms Psyche mind Logy the study of Psychology the scientific study of the mind Clinical diagnosis and treatment of mental emotional behavioral disorders Counseling improving one s self to help them become better Behavioral study of links among brain mind and behavior Biological study of body relationships and chemicals Cognitive how people perceive remember think speak and solve problems Developmental behavioral change remain stable across one s life span Educational understanding how people learn Forensic that blends psychology with law and criminal justice Health the role psychology factors play in regard to health and human illness I O psychological concepts and questions to work settings Personality what makes people unique Social how living among others influence though feelings and behavior Sports psychological factors in sports and exercise Important Info Science v folk psychology common sense Dr Phil Shamans treat people with mental problems by driving out their demons with rituals They drilled holes in their skulls Trephination Chinese moved away from supernatural rituals connections between organs and emotions Greeks used narcotics to treat pain Hippocrates 460 377 BCE Middle Ages returned to supernatural ideas witchcraft punishments Asylums facilities used to treat mentally ill people in Europe in the Middle Ages and the 19th century Quarantined Moral Treatment caring environment started in the 19th century Phillip Pinel Dorthea Dix Emil Kraepelin German psychiatrist who collected data on different disorders also classifying and diagnosing 1880 s Sigmund Freud understanding and treating psychological disorders unconscious mind childhood experience and hypnotism 1950 s Three Developments Psychotherapy Drug Therapy and Modern Criteria for diagnosing psychological disorders
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