History of Clinical Psychology Flashcards
(35 cards)
what are the three approaches to abnormal behaviour?
behavioural, emotional , cognitive
what is the supernatural tradition?
deviant behaviour base on battle between evil and good
what supposedly drove the supernatural tradition?
witchcraft and sorcery=possesed
what was mass hysteria?
people would come together and appear to dance and move, unusual behaviour showed evil possessing them
two examples of mass hysteria?
tarantism (dance to remove spider poison) and st.vitus dance(childrens with face jerking)
4 treatments of mass hysteria and supernatural tradition?
exorcism, torture, beatings, shock treatments
what was thought to cause deviant behaviour?
moon and star (lunacy)
what is the biological tradition?
abnormal behaviour viewed as a pysical disease
who hypothesised bio tradition ?2
hippocrates and galen
what did the bio tradition focus on?
four main body fluids
what were 4 body fluids and what did they suggest?
black bile = depression
phlegm = sluggish and dull
yellow bile = irritable, anxious, tempered
blood = changeable temperament
what was the ‘wandering uterus’?
uterus dislodged and wanders around body of woman interfering with organs causing unexplainable symptoms
what was yin and yang belief?
chinese medicine basis
positive and negative ofrces that confront and compliment each other
what is syphillis?
bio link with madness
led to penicllin as treatment
bolstered view that mental illness is a phsical disease
what treatments came from the biological tradition?
insulin shock therapy, ECT, brain surgery in form of lobotomys
what was the psychoanalytical approach?
freudian theory and abnormal behviour
what are the three structures of the mind according to freud?
id, ego and superego
what is the id?
pleasure principle; illogical , irrational and emotional thoughts
what is the ego?
developed by 6 months, reality driven, logical and rational
what is the superego?
moral principle, driven by reality; conscience
what is said to make psychological issue arise according to freud?
ego not keeping balanceof the system
what are three defence mechanisms by freud?
denial, displacement, rationalism
what are the 5 freudian stages of psychosexual analysis?
oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital
what is the oral phase?
focused on food, sucking 0-2
