PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Psychophysics, Homeostasis, Psychoticism
10 Feb 2014
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Study conditions change conditions = change in him. B/c internal mental processes can"t be objectively observed. Researchers have moved away from this can see what"s happening in brain. Use models to show representations of mind fcns. All human behaviour reduced to biology of brain. Less invasive look@ brain while subject awake. Development: how genes & envronmeent contribute to behavioural changes in lifespan. Habituate infant to one picture, then show another. E. g. to predict social behaviour in real-life situations. Ethical concerns deceive individs, harm to subjects. Learned helplessness can"t escape unpleasant stimulus through repeat trials. How experience of world relates to physical reality. What conscious thoughts are for, nt what they were made of. No way fr structuralists to verify data functionalism better in that way. Totality all mental & physical aspects should be studies. Psychophysical isomorphism relation btwn conscious experience & physical event in brain.
