PSY 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Dental Extraction, Lobotomy
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Seeks to understand underlying motivation sot that we can better predict human behavior. Psychology has a short history, but a long past - herman ebbinghaus. Known for groundbreaking research in areas of memory and learning. Historically, abnormal behavior is explained in three ways: the supernatural, the biological (somatogenic) view, the psychogenic (the mind)- all behavior is explained through the mind. Using the biopsychosocial model to explain behavior today. Trepanation- drill hole through a person"s head to relieve or release a demon. Weyer coined the term: mental illness in an attempt to explain witchcraft. Although we no longer use it to explain witchcraft, we have retained the use of its name in psychology. Hippocrates: 4 humors- yellow bile, black bile, phlegm, Stated that the mind could follow the body and vice versa (bidirectional influence) Proposed the idea of both voluntary and involuntary behavior: introduced the concept of free will and determinism. Free will- humans can make their own decisions.
