PSYC 2200H Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fourth Ventricle, Anterograde Amnesia, Entorhinal Cortex
20 Mar 2017
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What is the brain: an organ, part of the central nervous system, controls mental processes and physical actions, receives, organizes, and distributes information for the body. Innate (behaviours that occur naturally) vs. learned (behaviours that are acquired through experience) Review from last class mentalism - aristotle, dualism descartes, materialism. Perspectives and history: materialism, behaviour explained as a function of the nervous system, no recourse to the mind. Dar(cid:449)i(cid:374)"s co(cid:374)(cid:272)ept of natural ele(cid:272)tio(cid:374: explanation for how new species evolve and change over time. Natural selection: variations among individuals in a species, traits that enhance survival and reproduction are more likely to be transmitted, change over generations (time) The brain"s primary functions: creating a sensory reality. Evolution has equipped each species with a view of the world that helps it survive. Current knowledge can be compared with past knowledge: producing behaviour e. g. movement.
