Psychology 2030A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ego Psychology, Psychoanalytic Theory, Abnormal Psychology

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2030A/B
• Professor: Ian Nicholson

Document Summary

What is a psychological disorder? (in terms of abnormal behavior) Psychopathology: the scientific study of psychological disorders. Clinical description: prevalence and incidence, onset and course. The supernatural traditions: demons and witches, stress and melancholy, treatments for possession, the moon and stars lunatic. The biological tradition: hippocrates and galen humors, hysteria, the 19th century syphilis, biological treatments surgeries, meds. The psychological tradition: moral therapy, psychoanalytic theory, unconscious mind, catharsis, id-ego-superego, defence mechanisms. Psychosexual stages of development: oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital. Psychoanalytic psychotherapy: hidden intrapsychic conflicts, free association, dream analysis, transference. Carl rogers: person-centred therapy, unconditional positive regard. Pavlov, watson and classical conditioning: extinction, introspection. B. f. skinner and operant conditioning: reinforcement, shaping. The present: the scientific method and an integrative approach. Reciprocal relations between: biological, psychological, social and experiential factors. The supernatural tradition has no place in a science of abnormal behaviour.