PSYC 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mary Whiton Calkins, Sigmund Freud, Hermann Ebbinghaus
7 Sep 2016
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The human brain has changed very little over time: the most likely change is that the human brain has gotten smaller, there is prehistoric evidence of calendar planning, burying the dead, rituals, etc. Philosophy: some influential philosophers are: plato, aristotle, and rene descartes, the method of loci was developed in greece around 500 bc. Created oratory (the recitation of something completely from memory) Legend has it, simonides was a hired poet performing at a wedding whose venue was a palace. When he stepped outside for a break the palace collapsed, mangling the bodies so badly they were unrecognizable. Physiology: physiology is a sub-group of biology that focuses on studying the various functions and parts of living organisms. 1600s: scientists began to study the brain and behavior. 1700s: scientists discovered the specific connections between the brain and the body: considered the father of modern psychology. He was the first to use the scientific method to study psychological processes.
