PSY-1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Monism, Gustav Fechner, Psych
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Conclusions we can make through our life experiences. Psychology the scientific study of our behavior and neuro-processes (mental process) that causes them. Schemas we have established through life experiences. Deceptive perceptions brains have created to become more efficient. Roots of psychology: philosophy and methods borrowed from physical sciences. Monism mind and body are not separate. Dualism mind and body are separate (mind body dualism) Innate the mind"s knowledge is inborn. (we know some things naturally) Blank slate knowledge is gained through experiences. Empiricists believed the mind was a blank slate . Demonstrate the mind had a physical basis. Studied the softest sound an individual could hear. Perceived as building blocks made up of separate sensations. Gestalt psychology breaking down the whole into building blocks resulted in a loss of information. Why behavior and mental processes worked the way they do. Behaviorism experience is the primary source of behavior. Cognitive resolution study on the private and internal mental processes.
