PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Abraham Maslow, Homo Sapiens, Neuroanatomy

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Allan Greer

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Answers are sought using the methods of science. Use insights and explanations to understand the world. Trace the development of psychology since it formal inception in 1879. De ne the nature / nurture debate and the mind/ body problem. Identify the major schools of thought that have characterized the history. Chinese and muslim philosophers and scientists speculated about human behaviour. In 19th century europe, psychology emerged as a scienti c. The nature / nurture debate has a long history. Ancient greek philosophers aristotle and plate debated the source of human psychology. Nature or nurture: is individual psychology innate. Early scholars: the mind is entirely separated from and in control of the body. 1500 : da vinci challenged this doctrine ( mind and body is one) 1600: cartesian dualism suggest body and mind was separated but that some mental functions resulted from bodily function. Early 1800"s: john stuart mill argued psychology should be a science of observation and of experiment.