Phillipe Pinel

A) believed that mental illness was purely a physiological phenomena, and could only be treated by
physical means such as bloodletting.
B) believed that mental illness was due to possession by demons and exorcism was the only useful
treatment.
C) believed that mental patients were ill and needed to be treated as such—with kindness and caring.
D) believed that mental patients needed to choose rationality over insanity, so treatment was aimed at
making their lives as patients uncomfortable.

C

Psychology

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a. from personal experience. b. to help us conserve cognitive energy. c. at the service of the ego. d. to justify objectionable actions quickly and easily.

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a. ?negative emotional reaction to a group of people b. ?set of beliefs and information about a group of people c. ?belief that a group of people are “bad” in some way d. ?belief that a person is “bad” in some way

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