Abnormal Psychology - Names Flashcards

Believed the health of the body and mind depended on the balance of humors, vital fluids

Adopted and expanded on the teachings of Hippocrates, discovered that artieries carried blood rather than air

Renaissance Belgian physician who took up the case of Hippocrates and Galen by arguing that abnormal behavior and thought patterns were caused by physical problems

Argued that people who behaved abnormally suffer from diseases and should be treated humanely

In carge of a ward of incurables from 1784-1802. He was the first to unchain the inmates. Most were manageable and calm once the chains were removed. He forbade the staff from treating the inmates harshly.

Became the medical director for the incurables ward from 1745-1826 and continued Pussin's humane treatment. He stopped bleeding and purging, moved patients to well-ventillated, sunny rooms, and spent hours talking to the inmates in the belief that showing understanding and concern would help restore them to normal functioning.

Created reforms in England that were similar to those by Pussin & Pinel

Believed that madness is caused by engorgement of the blood vessels of the brain. He recommended bloodletting, purging, and ice-cold baths. He advanced humane treatment by encouraging the staff of his Philadelphia Hospital to treat patients with kindness, respect, and understanding. He also favored the use of occupational therapy, music, and travel. His hospital became the first in the United States to admit patients for psychological disorders.

A Boston Schoolteacher, traveled the country decrying the deplorable conditions in the jails and almshouses where mentally ill people were placed. Because of her, 32 mental hospitals were established throughout the United States.

Believed that mental illness is in everyone else's mind

Argued that abnormal behavior is rooted in diseases in the brain

Influenced by Wilhelm Griesinger, likened mental disorders to physical diseases

Psychoanalytic theory based on the belief that the roots of psychological problems involve unconscious motives and conflicts that can be traced back to childhood.

Broke from Freud when he developed his own psychodynamic theory, analytical psychology. Believed we come with a collective unconscious which contains archetypes – primitive images of concepts such as an all-powerful god, fertile/nurturing mother, young hero, wise old man, etc.

Broke from Freud when he developed his believes that people are basically driven by an inferiority complex. He spoke of a creative self, a self-aware aspect of personality that strives to overcome obstacles and develop the individual’s potential – termed individual psychology.