PSYC85H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Polytheism, Greek Mythology, Eastern Orthodox Liturgical Calendar
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Three main problems in psychology (lecture content: as proposed by berlyne (1928 1976), mind-body: the materialism/dualism debate. Materialism: the view that everything is material at the core feelings are organic processes. Dualism: the view that the mind and body exist as separate entities the mind is not material. Example: egyptian king (7th century bc) secluded children and found that they could not learn language, concluding that it is acquired and not innate: meaning, values, and behaviour. Social convention? (in other words, is it a product of socialization?: we will consider the development of these three problems from early philosophical speculations to more recent times in this course! Why do others act in a certain way: how were psychological phenomena dealt with? thus, folk logic was used to explain and routine behaviours were used to control" these otherwise incalculable events. They were treated like natural phenomena: folk logic: when people use non-systematic logic/thought to come to conclusions and heuristics.