PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hermann Von Helmholtz, Emil Kraepelin, Pineal Gland
10 Dec 2016
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Introduction to psychology: a brief history of psychology. Psychology is a scientific study of behavior and the mind. Each of us is a psychologist: we observe, talk with others and introspect. ---to predict and control human behavior and understand ideology of disorders. 1. psychology is a science scientific ways used in psy: Observe people with systematic and objective method of observation. Theoretical (***sense of notions, develop base on data) Think + develop theory about how two/more objectivities interact based on collected data. Human brain can decode information --- interception of consciousness. Dualism: the body is a physical structure while mind is a spiritual entity. ---only body(but not mind) can be studies scientifically. Body and mind interact in brain(soul)---- in small structure pineal gland( : thomas hobbes (1588-1679) Monism: both body and mind can be studies scientifically. Entire human emotion is physical process emanate from brain.
