PSYC1004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Social Change, Information Processing, Syphilis
25 Oct 2018
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Seeks to understand the behaviour of organisms and animals (including people) through i(cid:374)(cid:448)estigati(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d u(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)di(cid:374)g physiologi(cid:272)al pro(cid:272)esses. The study of the (cid:271)iologi(cid:272)al (cid:271)ases of psychological processes: physiological/biological processes include: Activity of the nerves, muscles, and glands. There are three main approaches to studying the relationship between biology and behaviour: 4th century: the heart was the command center of the body and is in charge of though and feeling (aristotle, hippo(cid:272)rates the head dri(cid:448)es (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour! People (cid:449)ho get head i(cid:374)jury"s have issues with functioning thus our head must be in charge. He also develop the ideas of mental illnesses (under different names) and the importance of balance within our body. Middle ages: mental illness was regarded as demonic! Franz joseph gall - there are localized functions in the brain that result sin behaviour and different areas of the brain are in charge of different behaviors.
