By: Arina Tyshekvych 9/25/2022

Medieval
BACKGROUND •
PSYCHOLOGY
THE WRITINGS OF ARISTOTLE, ESPECIALLY HIS BOOK ON
&
THE SOUL, AND THE THEORY OF THE INNER SENSES, WHICH

Main aspects
SOME
WAS ESTABLISHED IN LATE ANTIQUITY, ARE TWO MAIN
• THE WRITINGS
SOURCES FROM WHICHOF ARISTOTLE,
MEDIEVAL CONCEPTS ABOUT
ESPECIALLY HIS BOOK ON THE SOUL, AND
FACTS THE THEORY
COGNITIVE OF THE
PSYCHOLOGY INNER
DERIVE. THE DESENSES,
WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN LATE
ANIMA BY

ARISTOTLE, WHICHARE
REQUIRED READING
MAINFOR BACHELOR OF
ABOUT
ANTIQUITY, TWO SOURCES
FROM WHICH MEDIEVAL CONCEPTS
Psychologists of the twentieth century do not hold the ARTS DEGREES
ABOUT IN EUROPE UNTIL
COGNITIVE THE END OF THEDERIVE.
PSYCHOLOGY MIDDLE

THE psycologists in middle ages Middle Ages in high regard. The diagnosis of some kind THE DE ANIMA BY ARISTOTLE, WHICH
AGES, MAY BE THE MOST WELL-KNOWN PSYCHOLOGICAL
REQUIRED READING FOR BACHELOR OF
has occasionally been taken further in introductory ARTS
WORK DEGREES
EVER IN WORK
WRITTEN. THE EUROPE UNTIL
IS BRIEF THE END
AND SOMEWHAT
PSYCOL literature, with claims that the mentally sick in the Middle
Ages were subject to torture or being burned at the
OF THE MIDDLE AGES, MAY BE THE MOST
DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND,
WELL-KNOWN BUT IT PROVIDES AWORK
PSYCHOLOGICAL
EVER WRITTEN. THE WORK IS BRIEF AND
Often times priests were psychologists
OGISTS
- and were considered to be working
stake because people thought they were under the
influence of evil. The Middle Ages did not have a formal
COMPREHENSIVE
SOMEWHATTREATMENT
BUT IT
DIFFICULT
PROVIDES A
OF PSYCHOLOGY
TO UNDERSTAND,
COMPREHENSIVE
TOGETHER WITH ARISTOTLE'S THEORIES ON OTHER
in that field.
IN
TREATMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY TOGETHER
psychology discipline, but a number of medieval writers, WITH ARISTOTLE'S THEORIES
ACADEMIC FIELDS. DUE TO ITS OBSCURITY,ON OTHER
SEVERAL
particularly those from the thirteenth century, ACADEMIC FIELDS. DUE TO ITS
MIDDLE
Medieval psychology was believed to
- follow a certain religion and had an
highlighted issues that modern psychologists still deal
with today. Additionally, a select few individuals, like
OBSCURITY,
MEDIEVAL SEVERAL
ACADEMICS CREATEDMEDIEVAL
ACADEMICS CREATED WORKS OR
OUTLINING
COMMENTS WHAT THEY
WORKS OR COMMENTS

BELIEVED ARISTOTLE
OUTLINING WHAT THEY MEANT. 

AGES inscribed theory. Avicenna and Albertus Magnus, appear to have had a
genuine interest in psychological theory. Both the
•
BELIEVED ARISTOTLE MEANT.
THE COGNITIVE THEORY PRESENTED HERE PROVIDED A

Mostly the issue options to cure a UNIFYING THEME AMONG MEDIEVAL CONCEPTIONS

-
medical and philosophical traditions, which have their
patient were unnecessary and not roots in antiquity, are discernible.
• THEMENTAL
ABOUT COGNITIVE THEORY
DISEASE, PRESENTED
WHICH WERE VIRTUALLY AS
HERE PROVIDED A UNIFYING THEME
effective. AMONG MEDIEVAL
CONFUSINGLY CONCEPTIONS
DIVERSE AS OUR ABOUT
OWN. THE COMMON
Later twentieth-century psychology historians found no MENTAL DISEASE, WHICH WERE
CONSENSUS
VIRTUALLYWAS THAT THE MIND CONTROLLED
AS CONFUSINGLY A
DIVERSE AS
Different thinking was interpreted into evidence to support the notion that the mentally ill were

-
OUR OWN. THE COMMON CONSENSUS WAS
psychology back then, having more commonly subjected to brutal treatment in the Middle PERSON'S USUALMIND
THAT THE WAKINGCONTROLLED
ACTIONS. THIS CONTROL WAS
A PERSON'S
of underestimated measures. Ages. However, they generally adopted a more USUAL
BROKEN WAKING IN
OR CORRUPTED ACTIONS. THISAND
INSANE PEOPLE, CONTROL
THEIR
sympathetic perspective of the time, discovering that WAS BROKEN OR CORRUPTED IN INSANE
PEOPLE,
BEHAVIOR WASAND THEIR BEHAVIOR
THEREAFTER, LIKE AN ANIMALWAS
'S, SOLELY
although they appear to have done little to test them THEREAFTER, LIKE AN ANIMAL'S, SOLELY
empirically, medieval philosophers, physicians, and even DICTATED
DICTATEDBY THEIR
BYINNER
THEIRSENSES AND APPETITES.
INNER SENSES AND
APPETITES. BECAUSE OF THIS, IN LATER
theologians generated and discussed interesting BECAUSE OF THIS,LEGAL
MEDIEVAL IN LATERTHEORY
MEDIEVAL LEGAL
ANDTHEORY
PRACTICEAND
theories of human behavior. AS WELL AS IN THE WORKS OF
PRACTICE AS WELL AS IN THE WORKS OF THEOLOGIANS,
THEOLOGIANS, THE CRAZY WERE NOT
HELD
THE CRAZYLIABLE
WERE NOT FOR
HELDTHEIR DEEDS.
LIABLE FOR THEIR DEEDS. 
How did psychology back then impact
the individuals working in this field
nowadays?
Today we perceive this field of studies
differently and so the understanding we
had back then helped us to find out the
real science behind this aspect. Also, it
evolved our science and subjected us to
find further developments throughout
history. It also created an idea where a
certain science is taken to figure out the
truth behind the individuals' symptoms and
their activity, to why their acting a certain
way and what can help.
“Before this period of European history lay the Middle Ages,
often called the Dark Ages, a period where common
perception assumes that demonic possession, witchcraft,
and superstition defined mental illness, and religion
dominated study of the mind. “ Psychology in the middle ages (part 1),
by Martyn Shuttleworth
- Psychology in the Middle Ages (Part I), by Martyn Shuttleworth
Ice baths, fasting, purging, bleeding, and
chain shackles were all used as treatments.
State, federal, and private hospitals and
asylums were operating; nonetheless, they
were overflowing and understaffed. People
with mental illnesses were given access to
social and individual therapy. Methods that
were usually brutal and unpleasant,
believed to help individuals the most.
WHAT WERE THE
TREATMENTS AND
HOW IT IS DIFFERENT
FROM ONES TODAY?
Nowadays the treatments and
procedures are less harmful and
have an actual science behind
the acts. Also, the equipment that
is used today Is more modern
creating a safer environment than
when taking back then. Lastly, the
individuals had a less effective
way of recovering, vice versa
nowadays it’s a closed deal,
meaning has a set up
understanding behind the healing
process.