PSYCH-UA 1 Lecture 1: Psych Notes Chapter 1
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Darwinian natural selection: genes make brains, basics, pitfallls, environment of evolutionary adaption. Natural selection: organisms replicate, the environment can sustain a limited # of organisms, for any given environment, variability will lead to offsprings that will adapted to the environment. Steve pinker- brain cells fire in patterns the idea that the mind and brain have a causal relationship in one direction the brain causes the experiences of the mind. Gerstmann"s syndrome: franz gall"s phrenology- parts of your brain would grow bumps the more, ex. someone super kind would get a bump on the kind region of the brain. Globalization vs localization the brain is like a bicycle; each part is specialized in something specific inability to add & subtract, tell left from right, and tell which fingers. Brain structure: older, more basic regions of the brain towards the bottom ( frontal lobe is, newer parts of the brain on outside things unique to humans - such as relatively new) language.