PSY 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Roger Wolcott Sperry, Dream Interpretation, Karl Lashley
15 Oct 2015
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The scientific study of mental processes and behaviour: mental processes, ex/ remembering, decision making, talking/communicating. Can be observable, ex/ moving body parts, behaviour. Levels of analysis: when studying why a certain behaviour or mental process occurs, ones can study the influences of: Trephining: people believed an evil spirit was the cause so they drilled a hole in the skull in order to let the spirit out. Bound submersion test was used to test if they were a witch during the time of the. Salem witches tied up and thrown into a body of water; if they float, they were deemed a witch; if they didn"t float, they were left to drown: philosophy. Philosophers posed questions about human nature: xenophanes, studied anthropomorphism. Giving human traits and qualities to inanimate objects. Medicine was also a contributor: hippocrates, developed one of the first psychological theories; although it was. Psy105 incorrect: his theory; physical and psychological health are influenced by the 4 humours.
