vintage
From Freud to phrenology to old-school outlooks, a look back at vintage psychiatry and mental health treatments as documented throughout history.
CONTRIBUTIONS OF GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY
CONTRIBUTIONS OF GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY Gestalt psychology thinks as our minds as a whole and not as elements. Gestalt psychology had started by Max Wertheimer. He came up with the concept of Phi phenomenon where flashing lights if they are continuous look like a straight line of light or an apparent motion. Motion pictures picked this up where movement can happen with light where there is no movement at all. Gestalt Laws of Perceptual Organization…..when the flashing lights keep moving. The gestalt law says that a person’s behavior is not based on a person’s elements but their mind/body as a whole. The great thinkers that loved gestalt law were Max Wertheheimer, Kurt Koffka, and Wofgang Kohler. They believed our minds filled in the missing gaps of information. This is how perception came about. Gestalt psychologist believed that the whole of something is better than parts of something. Gestalt psychologists came up with different laws to help understand perception. These are called the Laws of Perceptual Organization.
By Regina Mauldin4 years ago in Psyche
Sexual Assault in the Early Modern Period
While rape is a growing topic in present society, it is not a new problem. Rape has been a serious crime for centuries, though the punishment, definition, and general attitude surrounding it has changed over the years. The definition of rape changed multiple times from the 17th to the 19th centuries alone. Until 1650, rape was seen as the theft or assault on a man’s property. It was also an ambiguous term that could have meant either sexual assault or kidnapping, keeping in line with the previous definition. As society and the legal system evolved, so did the definition, with it being seen as a crime against a man’s possession(s) and instead as a crime against the woman who had been assaulted. While this was an improvement, that did not mean there were not any difficulties relating to rape accusations and trials. This paper will be discussing the topic of rape and sexual assault in the early modern period, focusing on the impact of attitudes surrounding both male and female sexuality, children and rape during this period, as well as examining trial reports from rape cases involving both children and adults.
By Alexandra Parrow4 years ago in Psyche
The Film in the Window
Sitting inside the train, I lean against the cloudy window that reminds me of an old photograph with blurred edges. Through it I watch men and women bustle purposefully along the platform, looking as though each one of them has been treated abominably and are marching indignantly to the local police station to make a complaint. If the world were black-and-white, I might be able to imagine I were watching a comedy sketch at the cinema, in which everyone needs the policeman but no one knows where to find him. Somewhere deep inside my brain, I laugh. My inner child still invents stories to amuse my outer adult. But today, the adult cannot laugh. The world is colorful, and its color reflects its reality. I can’t fool myself that the solemn, troubled, nervous faces on the other side of the glass will be smiling by lunchtime. I wonder if anyone in the world will ever smile again.
By Hope Grajcar4 years ago in Psyche
Descartes' Bad Apples Analogy
The French philosopher René Descartes (1596-1650) set himself the task of determining how certainty could be established. How could a person be certain that their knowledge was set upon firm foundations? His method was to doubt everything that could be doubted, with the idea that anything that remained, and which could therefore not be doubted, must be certain.
By John Welford5 years ago in Psyche
Breakfast at Lion’s
Once upon a Summer I lived on a bus in the mountains with a roommate named Lion. One July morning Lion drove the bus to a rent a car place to visit our friend Nova. Just having left the world of dreams and not having had coffee yet I was not yet ready for socializing. So Lion says here I got breakfast eat some of these and drink your coffee and I will be inside with Nova when you are awake. So I made coffee and had a morning toke. Then looked at the gallon ziplock bag on the table that he called breakfast. It appeared to be filled with special mushrooms. I had never before eaten special mushrooms but one or two might just make a wonderful breakfast. Now munchies being what they are I never could recall how many I actually ate but it was a significant sight beyond one or two.
By Miles Modine II5 years ago in Psyche
The Unsparing Psycho Surgery
The Trans Orbital Lobotomy Dr. Walter Freeman, the father of the procedure that involved hammering an ice pick — like instrument into a patient’s brain directly through their eye socket, believed that this 10 — minute process will all but end the need for mental institutions. He had the best of intentions but wound up creating an entirely new kind of Horror Story.
By Manasvin Mahajan5 years ago in Psyche
The Behaviorists Theorists
Ivan Pavlov (1849 – 1936) Credit: http://bnhspsychology.blogspot.com/2009/12/welcome-to-bnhs-psych.html Ivan Pavlov was born in a small village in central Russia. The work that made Pavlov a household name in psychology actually began as a study in digestion.
By Kay Johnson-Clennon6 years ago in Psyche
