PSY-1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Reductionism, Monism, Psych
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Culture practices, values, and goals shared by a group of people. Emphasizes the psychological mechanisms influencing mind and behavior. The nervous system (brain, eyes, spinal cord) Philosophy of monism the mind and body are one. Acquires sensory information (applying to the senses) How the nervous system sends instructions to the body. Experience and behavior can be explained in terms of very simple biological mechanisms. Such as communication between neurons is reductionism. Reductionism seeks to explain very complex processes in terms of very. There is a constant interaction between biology and behavior. By increasing the testosterone hormone in human males (biology), human. For males watching their favorite sport team lose (behavior) lowers their males are more likely to be more aggressive (behavior). testosterone levels (biology). Patterns of bumps on skull were correlated with personality traits abilities. Some behavioral functions are localized in certain areas of the brain. Nervous system was organized in a hierarchy.
