PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Edward B. Titchener, Wilhelm Wundt, Small For Gestational Age
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Psychology= scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Pseudo = false: psychic power, horoscopes, pop psych. Structuralism = first framework for studying psychology. Spread structuralism: tru(cid:272)turalis(cid:373) died => it (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t useful (e(cid:454). Functionalism => how the mind functions and allows animals/ humans to adapt. Dislike sour and bitter tastes (veggies) Umami- savory, sensitivity to glutamate found in meat. Able to taste what your mother eats while in the womb. Touch receptors are most concentrated in face and hands. Kangaroo care: skin to skin contact between mother and baby for premi and underweight babies. Provides warmth, less pain, lower stress arousal, improves sleep all leads to growth. Tells brain how our body is oriented in 3-d space. Damage to inner ear leads to vertigo. Info about body posture, orientation, and movement of individual body parts. Where body parts are in relation to the whole. Process of selecting, organizing, and interpreting incoming sensations into useful mental representation of the world.
