PSY 1 Lecture Notes - Exhibitionism, Pituitary Gland, Wisdom Tooth

• School: UCSB
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1
• Professor: Fridlund

Document Summary

Is the brain also the mind: monism physical and mental are one. Idealism all is thought (drink imaginary water to fulfill imaginary thirst) Materialism all is physical (chemicals, atoms, etc. ) Radio = hardware; music = software same radio plays different stations, but still the same radio: dualism physical and mental are different aspects of reality. Interactionism humans are robots that react to different sensations; brain meets body without invading soul. Woman with horrible brain tumor (deadly, but can"t be seen) Surgeons want to try to take the brain out of her skull and work on it from all different angles to cure her. Connects her brain to her body electronically so she can operate in the hospital without having her physical brain in her skull. Hard casing with age, but born = soft, non-touching casing. Humans clinical (patient) studies: returning soldiers. Humans and non-humans experimental studies: invasive, non-invasive (neuroimaging) Tumors, degenerative diseases: during neurosurgery under local anesthesia, neuropsychological testing.