PSYC1024 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Exponential Growth, Moral Treatment, Humorism
2 Jan 2019
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It is concerned with the systematic study and development of understanding of the br. The mind is the hypothetical place where we engage in mental processes that can be s. We study these mental processes by inference based on the behaviour of the organism. This may also be achieved by self report methods. The brain is the physical seat of the mind- it enables mental processes to occur. In psychology, the brain and the mind are thought of as inseparable but not distinct (d. Rats placed randomly into wading pool with hidden platform will learn where th. When the hippocampus is deactivated after learning the rat forgets this le. Behaviour is the observable things which an organism does. With technological advances, more sophisticated measurements of physiology are now variables that are observable and quantifiable. Psychology takes into account both nature and nurture in describing how and why peo. Theory of evolution by natural selection- charles darwin.
