The Psychodynamic Approach The psychodynamic approach was developed by Sigmund Freud around 1890. Freud was a neurologist at the university of Vienna‚ by 1885 Freud was a given a scholarship to work alongside Charcot who specialised in treating patients with unsolved physical symptoms (McLeod‚ 2007). Freud was influenced by Charcot’s work on traumatic hysteria which looked at how traumatic experiences affected the unconscious mind (Cherry‚ 2013). Freud also found a lot of interest in Breuer’s case
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Project 2.1.3: Map-A-Brain Conclusion 1 Why is the story of Phineas Gage considered so extraordinary? What does his story teach us about the brain? The injury that occurred to Phineas Gage is extraordinary because it completely changed his emotions and mental characteristics‚ and did not damage him severely physically.He lived from the accident‚ and was physically the same person‚ but after it‚ all of his personal characteristics changed‚ turning him into a completely different person. This proves
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Learning outcome: Discuss how and why particular research method are used at the biological level of analysis. The biological level of analysis in psychology refers to the study of how human behaviour‚ thoughts and emotions can be affected and affect the biological factors/ physiology of human body. Laboratory experiments‚ case studies and correlation studies are the three main research methods applied in supporting the principles of the biological of analysis in psychology. First‚ laboratory
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The McGill website states “If each hemisphere were unfolded‚ it would be the size of an extra-large pizza! For this reason‚ the brain must fold over on itself many times to fit into the skull (McGill “The Brain”). When a website used for academics‚ compares my brain to pizza I I’m Interested! Can a giant network of neurons make us who we are? The brain is one of the most complex organ of the human body. Many people over time have explored and tried to examine and explain the functions of the brain
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The theory of knowledge curriculum has shed a lot of light on the idea that emotion can be looked at as a way of knowing. As a way of knowing‚ emotion plays a huge role in everything we do‚ acting as a sort of lens from which to view and react to the environment from which we are surrounded. Emotion affects our perception of our reality‚ providing motivation behind most of what we do‚ and emotion particularly affects our acquisition of knowledge as knowers. Everyone can understand emotion. Even
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PSY 101 Review Sheet #1 Chapters 1-3 1. What does psychology study? Psychology is the scientific study of behaviors and mental processes. Behaviors include all outward or overt actions and reactions‚ mental processes include all internal covert activities of the mind. The goals of psychology are to describe‚ explain‚ predict‚ and control the behaviors and mental process of both human and animals. 2. Explain Structuralism. Structuralism is the study of the structure of the mind. It’s based
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to emotional instability. Behaviour becomes childish‚ argumentative‚ becoming irritable quickly and finding difficulty to control mood changes (Hawkins & Trobst‚ 2000). Many studies have supported this idea‚ one in a particular‚ the case of Phineas Gage‚ foreman of a railway construction crew. An accident involving explosives sent the rod into his head and through his left frontal lobe. He survived‚ however his personality completely changed. From an efficient‚ lively character he turned into
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on track construction near Cavendish‚ Vermont. While Gage was placing an explosive charge‚ a spark of metal against rock set off the charge‚ sending a long metal tamping rod flying upwards. The rod entered Gage’s head just below the left eye‚ and exited from the tob of his skull‚ somewhat forward of left center. Remarkably‚ Gage survived (though he was blinded in his left eye). Even more remarkably‚ his behavior changed dramatically. Whereas Gage had previously been likeable and responsible‚ he became
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true dismaying his thoughts of the British. * Internal conflict: John doesn’t want to believe that someone could possible arrange a massacre like that‚ especially the British. Thomas Gage * Gage is discussing the riot with Governor Hutchinson and they both have two different opinions towards it. Gage want’s to catch the culprits and punish then‚ while Hutchinson days they can’t be helped. * External conflict: He tries to voice his opinion while remembering he is speaking to the governor
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areas of the brain. This may seem obvious‚ but other organs‚ such as the liver‚ do not show localization of function; one part of the liver does the same thing as a part on the opposite side. A famous example of brain localization is the case of Phineas Gage; a railway worker in 1848‚ who one day‚ while trying to blow out a hole in the side of a mountain‚ had a metal rod shoot through his cheek‚ into his brain‚ and out the top of his head‚ landing over 100 meters away. The pole took with it a substantial
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