Emergence of Psychological Approaches

Question 1

Austrian physician believed that hysteria was caused by universal magnetic fluid in the body. He felt that one person could affect another person by looking intently at the person (mesmerize) and practice hypnosis.

Answer 1

Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815)

Question 2

A French neurologist studied hysterical cases and revived the popularity of hypnosis.

Answer 2

Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893)

Question 3

Reliving an earlier emotional trauma and releasing emotional tension by expressing previously forgotten thoughts about the event was called _________.

Answer 3

Cathartic Method

Question 4

treated a young woman, pseudonym Anna O., with a number of hysterical symptoms, he hypnotized her, and while hypnotized, she began talking more freely and, ultimately, with considerable emotion about upsetting events from her past. Frequently, on awakening from a hypnotic session she felt much better. He found that the relief of a particular symptom seemed to last longer if, under hypnosis, she was able to recall the event associated with the first appearance of that symptom and if she was able to express the emotion she had felt at the time.

Answer 4

Josef Breuer (1842–1925)

Question 5

The pseudonym of a patient of Breuer, subject of a study of hysteria, jointly written with Freud, touting the success of the Cathartic Method.

Answer 5

Anna O.

Question 6

Developed the Cathartic Method

Answer 6

Josef Breuer (1842–1925)

Question 7

postulated that much of human behavior is determined by forces that are inaccessible to awareness. often referred to as psychoanalytic theory, is that psychopathology results from unconscious conflicts in the individual.

Answer 7

Sigmund Freud