History of Psychology - I

The word psychology comes from the (a)   words 'psyche'

Trephination is ________

• Drilling holes in the skull

• A type of talk therapy

• A treatment method for abnormal behavior

• None of the above

Hippocrates classified abnormal behavior into three categories. They are (a)  

This was a group behavior disorder which were cases of hysteria. This was called as (a)  

People behaving and imitating wolves and other animals was known as (a)  

He was one of the first physicians to specialize in the study and attempted treatment of mental disorders.

• Hippocrates

• Johann Weyer

• Galen

• Rene Descartes

Believed that a birth, the mind is a tabula rasa, a blank slate and that the experiences one encounters during one’s lifetime are impressed on the mind. This was believed by (a)  

Asylums were initially created to treat mentally ill people properly

• True

• False

The monastery of St. Mary of Bethlem in London (later known as 'Bedlam') was officially made into an asylum by (a)  

The very first public hospital devoted exclusively to patients with mental illness was constructed here

• Germany

• France

• United States

• England