1. CHAPTER 1 ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT
ABNORMAL PSYCHOLGOY
CHAPTER 1
ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT

2. Abnormal behavior
The Supernatural Tradition: Supernatural influences were formerly believed to explain abnormal behavior.
Demons and Witches
Stress and Melancholy
Treatments for Possession
Mass Hysteria
The Moon and the Stars

3. Abnormal behavior
The Biological Tradition: What are the underlying assumptions of the biological approach to understanding abnormal behavior?
Hippocrates: Greek physician ( B.C.) believed psychological disorders could be treated like any other disease
Galen: Roman physician ( A.D.) went further with Hippocrates theories; created an influential school of thought that extended into the 19th century
Hippocratic-Galenic approach to abnormal behavior was known as the humoral theory

4. Abnormal behavior
The Biological Tradition: What are the underlying assumptions of the biological approach to understanding abnormal behavior?
The 19th Century: the biological tradition was reinvigorated because of two factors, the discovery of the nature and cause of syphilis and strong support from well respected American psychiatrist John P. Grey
Syphilis: caused by a bacterial microorganism entering the brain, symptoms were delusion of grandeur or delusion of persecution

5. Abnormal behavior The Psychological Tradition
How does the psychological approaches of psychoanalysis, humanism, and behaviorism explain abnormal behavior?
Moral Therapy: Psychosocial approach in the 19th century that involved treating patients as normal as possible in normal environments.
Psychosocial Treatment: Treatment practices that focus on social and cultural factors as well as psychological influences. Approaches include cognitive, behavioral, and interpersonal methods
Mental Hygiene movement: Asylum reform and the decline of moral therapy

6. Abnormal Psychology Psychological Tradition….Continued
Psychoanalytic Theory
Mesmer ( ) Animal magnetism, a living organism
Charcot ( ) Legitimize the practice of hypnosis
Breuer ( ) hypnotic procedures collaborated with Freud discovering the unconscious
Freud ( ) Founder of psychoanalysis

7. Abnormal Psychology Freud: Structures of the mind Defense mechanisms
Psychosexual stages of development
Psychoanalytic thought
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy

8. Abnormal Psychology The Psychological Tradition
Humanistic Theory (Read page, 19)
Humanistic Psychology
Self-actualizing
Person-centered therapy
Unconditional positive regard

9. Abnormal Psychology The Behavioral Model
Pavlov and Classical Conditioning
Watson and the rise of behaviorism
The Beginnings of Behavior Therapy
B.F. Skinner and Operant Conditioning
The Behavioral model has contributed to the understanding and treatment of psychopathology. But it is not a complete model since understanding more about psychopathology.

10. Abnormal Psychology An Integrative Approach
Why is the scientific method son important in studying abnormal behavior?