PSYC 1010 Lecture 2: PSYCH 1010 MODULES 5-7 8-10

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Heather Jenkin

Document Summary

Your every idea, every mood, every urge is a biological happening. You love, laugh, and cry with your body. Without your body your genes, your brain, your appearance you would, indeed, be nobody. Although we find it convenient to talk separately of biological and psychological influences on behavior, we need to remember; to think, feel, or act without a body would be like running without legs. In the early 1800s, german physician franz gall proposed the phenology, studying bumps on the skill, could reveal a person"s mental abilities and character traits. The science of phenology remains known today as a reminder of our need for critical thinking and scientific analysis. Although its initial popularity faded, phenology succeeded in focusing attention on the localization of function the idea that various brain regions have particular functions. By studying the links between biological activity and psychological events, those working from the biological perspective (concerned with the links between biology and behavior.