PSYC 40445 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cognitive Psychology, Psychophysics, Psych
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Heart was affected by emotion, the brain was not. Heart is a source of blood, the brain is not. Heart is central to the body, therefore it is central to functioning. History outline: philosophy, physiology, psychophysics, structuralism, functionalism, behaviorism, philosophy. Early greek philosophers set the stage for cognitive psych. Aristotle believed the heart was the seat of cognition. Aristotle speculated why some things triggers others laws of association. Law of similarity: think of similar things as thing mentioned. Law of contrast: think of the opposite thing as thing mentioned. Law of contiguity: things that happen close together in time are likely to trigger each. Write down the first thing that comes to mind when shown these images. Your last birthday something that happened close to your last birthday. What are trigger points that make you switch your thinking. Started asking questions about how the mind works. Methods (it was bce they didn"t know any better)