Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Yanomami, Gestalt Psychology, Twin

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Terry Biggs

Document Summary

Females now feel the need to pursue a career before having children so they will be able to continue a career after; women are only fertile for so long therefore pulling down the birth rates. The older you are having a child, the more complications you may have. Identical twins are more similar than fraternal twins. Structuralism: sensations are basic elements of consciousness, how you know you"re alive, wilhelm wundt: first person to study this. Functionalism: psychology should study the functions of behavior, william james. Artificial intelligence: computer models and expert systems. What can be done with certain behaviours to see the results. What happened to make what you see possible. Cognitive neuroscience: electrical recording and brain imaging. The brain is important and does a lot of work. Certain organs you do not need (appendix, tonsils) but you. Share things about our universes with each other.