Psychology 2310A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Lightner Witmer, Dorothea Dix, Clinical Psychology

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2310A/B
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

Document Summary

Historical roots: philosophers such as thales, hippocrates, aristotle speculated about human beings and the nature of thought, sensation and pathology, philipee pinel (french physician) Through kindness and humanity accomplished much in the eld of mental health. Senseless brutality in the 19th century mental hospitals. Appointed head of the asylum at bicetre and later saipetrere: dorothea dix (american) Campaigned for better facilities for the mentally ill. In 1848 new jersey built a hospital for the insane. Devoted a great deal of effort t the application of quantitive methods to understanding differences among people. Established an anthropometric lab in 1882 (interested in sensory acuity, motor skills, and reaction time: james mckeen catttell and lightner witmer. Witmer began the current model of treatment in clinical psychology by opening the rst clinic in 1896: identi ed and treated children who experienced educational dif culties (due to cognitive de cits and/or psychological symptoms)