PSYC1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Procedural Memory, Inferior Frontal Gyrus, Central Sulcus
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Part a introduction, history and paradigms in psychology. A discipline can be considered legitimately scientific if it relies upon the scientific method to acquire and evaluate its knowledge base. The group of researchers chose work adheres to this shared framework. Asking (cid:498)which paradigm is best(cid:499) or (cid:498)which paradigm is true(cid:499) is not. Asking (cid:498)what are the uses and limitation of each paradigm(cid:499) is a likely to be answerable of useful better question. The five most prominent paradigms in contemporary psychology: Assumption that we are a (cid:498)lump of clay(cid:499) before being taught. > many techniques used to create a better functional map. > hole apparent in patients with speech difficulties. > associated with language comprehension (range of severities) Similar deficits also arose when connection between the two areas was broken. > (cid:498)executive functions(cid:499) such as reasoning, planning, inhibition, > anterior to and closest to the central sulcus. Cortical site involved with controlling movements of the body.
