PSY 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Autonomic Nervous System, Central Nervous System, Somatic Nervous System

• School: Miami University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 111
• Professor: Beeman Christopher

Document Summary

Evolutionary psychology: traits of an organism are result of genetics, adaptive traits are more likely to be passed on. Our children are more likely to have traits as a species that help them survive b/c if survive, will keep passing on your traits to offspring: traits can be physical or behavioral. In order to survive, an organism must be able to perform 3 interrelated activities: sensing events or stimuli, processing stimuli, responding to stimuli. Central nervous system (cns: brain and spinal cord. Peripheral nervous system: network of nerves connecting cns to body, two subdivisions: Sensory info from skin and muscles to cns. Autonomic nervous system: control of all automatic processes. Afferent nerves (incoming: sensory nerves, info to brain and spinal cord.