PSYB51H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Empiricism, Panpsychism, Color Vision
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The nativism and empiricism of knowledge (dualism vs. materialism) Important concepts in modern psychology are rooted in ancient philosophy. What is reality? it has a lot to do with what we perceive. Everything changes (and only change matters - for perception) Some animals are able to sense stimuli that humans cannot ex) smell/ sight/ . etc. Experience/learning - our brain is plastic, we learn new things. Adaptation - perception is geared towards sensing change. Sensory transducer: a receptor that converts physical energy from the environment into neural activity. Nativism: the idea that the mind produces ideas that are not derived from external sources: plato: truest sense of reality comes from people"s minds and souls, descartes" dualist view of the world: both mind and body exist. Mind-body dualism: the idea positing the existence of two distinct principles of being in the universe - spirit/soul and matter/body.
