PSYB64H3 Midterm: Psychological Physiology Mid Term.docx
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Biologically psychology - branch of psychology in which biological foundations of behaviour, emotions, and mental processes are studied. Trephining/ trepanation- brain surgery 7000 years ago by drilling holes in the skull. Edwin smith surgical papyrus: the oldest medical writing in history * did not consider the brain to be important. Hippocrates: the brain was the source of intelligence and correctly identified epilepsy as originating in the brain. Aristotle :heart was the source of intellect, whereas herophilus (father of anatomy) believed that the ventricles played this important role. Descarte"s mind body dualism : the body is mechanistic, whereas the mind is separate and nonphysical. Phrenology : skull contours indicate personality and character traits. *biological psychology is based on monism the mind is viewed as the product of the activity in the brain and nervous system. Histology refers to the study of microscopic structures and tissues and provide means for observing the structure of individual cells.
