PSYC 2410 Lecture 7: Behavioral Neuroscience Readings-Ch 2
30 Nov 2016
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Thinking about the biology of behavior: from dichotomies to interactions. Zeitgeist defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time. John b. watson = the father of behaviorism. Ethology study of animal behavior in the wild: dominant approach to the study of behavior in europe. Nature nurture debate are based on incorrect ways of thinking about the biology of behavior. 1985 the man who fell out of bed . The man tried to throw his own leg out of bed. Was confused as to why it was attached to him. To asses an organisms self-awareness is to confront it with a mirror. With mark on the eyebrow there was an increase of three times that the chimpanzee spent looking in the mirror. Factors other than genetics and learning were shown to influence behavioral development (all proved to be influential): fetal environment, nutrition, stress, sensory stimulation.
