PSYC 2030U Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Psychodynamics, Abraham Maslow, Reality Principle
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From witches and demons to genes and neurological function; perspectives abound. What may be the cause of the disorder in this case. An etiology is the cause or causes of a disease or condition. Physical causes like physical trauma, genetics, or disease. The past: historical conceptions of abnormal behaviourcultural influences on normality. Major psychological disorders have existed in all cultures across all time periods. The causes and treatment of abnormal behaviour varied widely across cultures and across time periods, particularly as a function of prevailing paradigms or world views. Three dominant traditions include supernatural, biological, and psychological. Deviant behaviour as a battle of good vs. evil . Movement of the moon and stars as a cause of deviant behaviour. Hippocrates: abnormal behaviour as a physical disease. 2: hysteria: the wandering uterus , galen extends hippocrates work. Galenic-hippocratic tradition foreshadowed modern views linking abnormality with brain chemical imbalances. General paresis (syphilis) and the biological link with madness.
