PSY 212 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Mass Hysteria, Abnormal Psychology, Trepanning

• School: University of Maine
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 212
• Professor: Quinones

Document Summary

Witchcraft evolved as a popular theory to explain abnormal behavior. Mass hysteria: the renaissance - enlightenment by weyer and paracelsus. William tuke, philippe pinel: moral treatment declined over time, twentieth century, somatogenic - the view that abnormal psychological functioning has physical causes, psychogenic - the view that the chief causes of abnormal functioning are psychological, iii. Amygdala, cingulate gyrus, hippocampus: deals with emotions and impulses: hippocampus: plays a role in memory formation and is linked with memory deficits xi. Spinal cord: pathway for neural fibres travelling to and from the brain xii. Left hemisphere: language and cognitive functioning, tends to process info more linearly, logically and sequentially, uses both language and symbols including numbers xv. Right hemispheres: processes the world holistically, spatial context, creativity, imagery and intuition xvi. Ltm must go through hippocampus to be stored: medial temporal lobe (hippocampus) plays a role in explicit, ltm xi.