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Aristotle belived the heart was the center for mental processes in 335BC. This a biological belief.
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Mesmer proposed the body was a magnet and the physician acted like a second magnet to pull the mental illness out of the ill person. When the 'animal magnetism' flowed freely, the body was in a healthy state. This is a psychological event.
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Pinel released the first mental patients from confinement in the first massive movement for more humane treatment of the mentally ill. This would be a sociological event.
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Franz Gall wrote about phrenology. It is the idea that a person's skull shape and placement of bumps on the head can reveal personality traits. This is a biological event.
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Darwin published the On the Origin of Species, detailing his view of evolution and expanding on the theory of 'Survival of the fittest.' This is a sociological event.
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Influenced by Charles Darwin, publishes 'Hereditary Genius,' and argues that intellectual abilities are biological in nature.
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His work was on frontal lobotomies as a treatment for mental illness. This would be a psychological event because of the treatment to the brain.
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Electroshock therapy was first used on a human patient. This is a psychological treatment.
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The Code of Ethics for Psychologists was developed by the American Psychological Association. This is sociological.
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In 387 BC, Plato suggested the brain was the mental process center.This would be a biological event.