What factors helped support and spread psychology in the United States at the la

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What factors helped support and spread psychology in the United States at the last of the 19th century and the first of the 20th century?

IONS TOP CRapter Assignment: Use book and online lecture 1. Why was Germany a fitting place for the advancement of psychological ideas and the establishment of psychology as a scientific discipline? Explain how these reasons relate to the idea of "power" already discussed 2. Phrenology is an example of faulty empirical research using a false assumption. Describe phrenology and how it was applied to the general population? What are the positive contributions of phrenology to the 3. What were the accomplishments in physiological issues during the 19th century " Golden Age of Physiology that were important to the beginning discipline of psychology © Diana Younger File Upload Text Entry Google Doc Office 365 Upload a file, or choose a file you've already uploaded File: Choose File No file chosen Add Another File Cck here to hndfat you've already uploaded Cancel Submit Assignment 5 6 7 8

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In the 19th century, psychological disorders were associated with religious beliefs and were considered to be God's doings. It was believed that an individual was being punished by God and thus, has to suffer for his own wrong doings. Later, there were other conclusions, that people arrived to with regard to psycological disorders. It was believed that an individual suffering with a psychological disorder is possessed by an evil spirit, which lead to practicing exorcism (a hole in the brain was made for the evil spirit to leave the body). It was only during the late 19th century and early 20th century when psychologists developed different perspectives in understanding the human mind and behaviour. The concept of mind and body being two different entities was introduced, they interact with one another at some level. Understanding why an individual behaves a certain way, the causes, through cognitive perspective, psychodynamic perspective, psychosocial perspective, behavioural perspective and etcetera, were the modern researches that have allowed us to correct some of these misconceptions.

However, there were people out there in the society who continued to believe psychological disorders to be our 'fate'. The information from research could be used to change people's views of psychological disorders by making them aware of how a human brain functions and the intricate details like involvement of cognition, that is responsible in exhibition of a certain kind of behaviour in individuals. We need to be a lot more understanding and supportive to people who suffer from mental and emotional disorders. We cannot label them and ostracize them just because they are a little 'different' from us. We should provide them with unconditional love and care to help them cope with their mental illness better.

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