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| the science that deals with the behavior and thinking of organisms. |
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| Where did the term, psychology, originate? |
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| The Greek words "psyche" and "logos" |
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| What does "psyche" and "logos" mean? |
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| psyche means "mind" or "soul" and logos means "study of". |
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| During the Stone Ages how did people explain behavior? |
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| They suggested that the ody was iinhaited by spirits of various kinds. |
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| Why did people act abnormally? |
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| they believed that evil spirits were trapped inside that person |
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| How did they try to correct this abnormal behavior? |
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| they chipped a hole in the skull of the afflicted person. |
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| What did the Egyptians believe was responsible for a person's behavior? |
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| a smaller person responsible for behavior |
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| Who did they believe controlled this being? |
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| How many of these did a person have? |
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| Why was this number selected? |
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| The number seven was sacred to the Egyptians |
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| What was the belief of the Greek philosopher Plato? |
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| The mind and body are two distinct elements with the mind having a life of its ownn oth before birth and after death. |
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| How did his students idea differ from Plato? |
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| Aristotle believed that one could not exist without the other. |
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| Who has been called "The Father of Medicine"? |
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| What did he believe caused abnormal behavior? |
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| internal, such as disease or chemical imbalance withing the body, or they might be external, such as a head injury. |
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| What was one of his most important discoveries? |
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| The body contains four vittal fluids called "humors" each corresponding to a force of nature (fire, water, earth, and air) |
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| How do these fluids affect personality? |
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| The imbalance among the humors produced a particular type of personality. |
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| List the 4 humors and their effect on the human body. If an excess occurs |
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1) blood- warmhearted, but might have rapid shifts of mood 2) phlegm- slugish & apathetic 3)black bile- melancholic or sad 4) yellow bile- choleric or agressive and irritable
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| When did a false science phrenology develop? |
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| What did these believers profess? |
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| they could read peoples personality and character by feeling the bumps on their heads. |
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| How did they support their theory? |
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| They thought that because the brain was made up of a number of "faculties". Each faculty is located on a specific place in the brain. A person whose "faculty" for something was more developed, would have a bump, therefore the bumps showed where they were stronger in personality |
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