PSYB65H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jane Goodall, Homo Habilis, Vertebral Artery
5 Jan 2015
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Pineal gland -wasn"t bifurcated; located close to ventricular syst. Commulgaration of states (1500 years b/w descartes and galen - beginning of the dissolution of the roman empire) Dark ages - not a lot of info. on human advancements found during this period in time; in terms of psych. /science there was religion. Cult. and economical revival f/ western world; estab. of universities - wouldn"t have universities if it wasn"t for churches, born from churches. Leonardo davinci - inventor, scientist, anatomist, etc - performed exact cast of human ventricles. Invention of mass printing - gutembourg bible first to be mass disseminated (one of first psych books published in 1540) Countered geocent. viewpoint: humans/earth are centre of universe - observed sky and calc. stellar movements (charged by church of heresay for saying such things so had his work ready to go and on his death bed published it) Believed in freedom of inquiry: study whatever you want despite authoritative body in the land.
