Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Lobotomy, Radical Behaviorism, Cultural Psychology

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

Document Summary

Moniz (1935): radical prefrontal lobotomy has calming" effect on violent emotional behavior in chimps and he supervises about 100 prefrontal lobotomies and over the next 20 years, 40000 in. Us alone; it"s a simple procedure ice-pack performed on outpatient basis. These three can also interact and effect each other: cultural and environmental factors (value system) Some societies are more violent than others some are rewarded for aggression while others are not. Weather and environment also effect it a lot; the hotter it is, the more aggressive the person becomes: individual and psychological factors (learning, cognitive processes) Not interested in how the brain is working, but rather in the individual and what they have experienced during their lifetime. There was violence in the home: biological factors (neural, hormonal mechanisms) Observing how the brain works, chemicals in body etc. Explaining behaviors using those chemicals and body parts. Psychology: the scientific study of behavior and the mind.