Describe early approaches totreating mental disorders

What will be an ideal response?


The answer should note that the earliest known treatments involved trephining and
attempts to remove evil spirits and devils from people who behaved strangely. The answer should
also describe Pinel's efforts to reform the treatment of the mentally ill in France, and the efforts
of Dix to do the same thing in the United States.

Psychology

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Memory destabilization during retrieval

A. is the same for all types of memories. B. is more extreme for stronger, older memories. C. is less extreme for stronger, older memories. D. does not result in the inclusion of new information present at the time of retrieval.

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The Freudian stage in which boys must resolve the Oedipus complex is the __________ stage

a) genital b) oral c) phallic d) anal

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In classical conditioning, intermittent pairing reduces both the rate of learning and the final level of learning achieved

a. True b. False

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