PSYC 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Edward B. Titchener, B. F. Skinner, Behaviorism
1 Oct 2015
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Everything you do: your personality, memories, abilities, emotions, and religion - everything happens because neurons in your head either fired or didn"t fire. - julio. From the start of human existence, we have had enormous potential. Ancient philosophers asked questions about human existence. Dualism, or the idea that the mind and body are separate entities that interact. Nativism, or the idea that certain kinds of knowledge are inborn or innate. Philosophical empiricism, or the idea that all knowledge is acquired through experience. First descriptions of the method of loci mnemonic device. Hold-over words: topic (place), in the first place (reference to memory palace) Simonides- originator of the method of loci, aka the memory palace. Method of loci heavily used to remember scriptures and religious texts. Emphasis on the use of bizarre imagery. Physiology- the branch of biology that studies the functions and parts of living organisms.
