Mental TestingMental testing in medical settings became con-troversial in this period. The difficulty arose overwho was the expert—psychiatrist or psycholo-gist. Psychologists had established themselves astesters in most settin
I think mental testing is very important since you can see what type of people you are dealing with, it can be useful for them and the people around them. Did mental testing during this time have any negative effects?
Americans came to accept Freud’sbasic tenet that humans are often motivatedby irrational or unseen forces. His ideas thatdreams have meanings and that sex is a criti-cally important motivator passed into commonparlance. We revisit the popularity of Freudand at least a version of his psychoanalysis inour chapter on post–World War II psychology.
Freud was a great psychologist who made a huge impact in this field, he was a person to look up for his achievements and hard work. I personally like him the most since he has so much knowledge/word to learn from and as explained in this reading his ideas helped society a lot face hard times. One of my favorite theories is psychosexual development along with personality which helps me understand people better.
The academyrefused and the clergy accused him of beingin consort with the devil
Mesmer works sounds very interesting and smart however those practicing medicine saw him as a charlatan and I understand why. Nevertheless, I believe if I lived back then I would have trusted him, his techniques were effective and made sense. I just think many people came up with different theories during this century and were useful, not on everyone since we are all different but did work somehow on others. Did Mesner work become part of medicine later on?
Tuke and the Quakersused the model of the God-fearing home as thesetting for their treatment. The Retreat’s staffemployed an attitude of benevolence, personalcare, and opportunities to engage in useful tasksto nurture their patients back to health
I wonder how difficult/easy was for the staff to help these people overcome mental illness since it can be a bit hard to treat depending on the person and if the patient’s religion mattered. However, personal care and kindness was a good way to start for those facing this issue instead of treating them unfairly. Also, what happened to those who could not get through it? Where there any negative results?
Humoraltheory asserted that health was regulated bythe balance of the four humors in the body
I find this very interesting, every humor is connected to a different organ but I find the treatments risky. When a person is not healthy making them weaker can be worse. For example, making them bleed or purging them, medicine wasn’t as advanced as it is now to save them if something went wrong. I wonder if people died throughout these techniques and if so how many.
Albert (his surname remains unknown) was eight months old when the hammerstruck the metal bar behind his head. A healthy, happy baby, he had been chosen byWatson to be the subject of his research precisely because he seemed so emotionally sta-ble and not easily excited
I wonder the if Albert’s family allowed this or it was against their will. I don’t think studying a baby was the best thing to do since he could be harm or have negative effects from the experiment. Also, Albert was not old enough to make a decision for himself, I understand they needed to do this study but doing it on a baby is basically taking advantage of him.
Hecharged that “parents today are incompetent. Most of them should be indicted for psy-chological murder”
I understand Watson was a great psychologist and basically gave advice but why did he not take his own advice, I believe his own marriage and other personal stuff would of went differently if he was a big figure in the field of psychology
During World War I, Watson served as a major in the U.S. Army, developing percep-tual and motor ability tests to be used as selection devices for pilots. He also conductedresearch on how pilots are affected by the reduced oxygen at high altitudes. After thewar, Watson and a physician established the Industrial Service Corporation to providepersonnel selection and management consulting assistance to the business world (DiCle-mente & Hantula, 2000)
Watson made a huge impact in psychology and it was of much help. I think doing this research on pilots was very important because back then there wasn’t a lot of technology or good care like now. During a war it was necessary to keep pilots safe and taking them in consideration was a good thing.
Unfortunately, the marriage proved unsatisfactory for both
Did they have any children together? I also wonder why their marriage did not workout. I wonder how a man that is very handsome and highly full of himself is in a marriage and as a dad. However he was very smart and his accomplishments are something too look up to. He didn’t take his parents absence as an excuse to do bad in life, he wanted to be better.
A curious thing allegedly occurred during Watson’s senior year at Furman. The storyis told that a professor warned the students that anyone who handed in the final exami-nation with the pages in reverse order would receive a failing grade. Watson took up thechallenge, turned in his exam backward, and failed
“Watson took up the challenge”, this sounds like Watson was a person with a strong personality besides what it’s said before. He probably didn’t like being challenged or seem like he was too scare for anything, he was in fights before and even was arrested. What I can say is that he had a strong ego and his actions didn’t always end good.