PSYC 3260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Monism, Chemical Reaction, Cognitive Psychology

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3260
• Professor: Alice Kim

Document Summary

Focus on: describe and differentiate mind-body dualism from mind body monism, describe and differentiate structuralism and functionalism, describe and differentiate the cognitive and behavioural perspectives of behaviour. Perspectives on behaviour: guides to understanding a. If we have a perspective, we have a framework in mind already and that framework will help us structure how we think about things: viewpoints to understanding behaviour a. Mental activity and certain types of brain and activity are inseparable. Mental events are a product of physical events. Chemical reaction in the brain - mental activity/ cognition - you can"t distinguish between the mind and body. Chemical reactions in the brain produces emotions; decisions etc. Humans have long sought to understand themselves, and for ages the mind-body problem has occupied the centre of this quest. The idea that minds are one type of substance and matter is another.