PSY 100 Lecture 1: All notes for Exam 1 ch 1,2,3
2 Nov 2016
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Psychology- the scientific study of the mind and behavior. Mind: private inner experiences of perception thoughts and memories. Behavior: observable actions of human beings and nonhuman animals. Nativism: the philosophical view that certain kinds of knowledge are innate or inborn. Aristotle: greek philosopher who argued against plato believing in the blank state. Philosophical empiricism: the philosophical view that all knowledge is acquired through experience. Decreased activations in amygdala (go) and pre-frontal cortex pfc (breaks) New technology allows us to explore the relationship between nature and nurture. Functional magnetic resonance imagining (fmri): neuroimaging technique that allows us to see which parts of the brain are active during a given task (jim fallon) Rene descartes: french philosopher who argued for dualism between the mind and body. Thomas hobbes: british philosopher who argued against descartes that the mind is what the brain does. Franz joseph gall: argued that mental ability is related to brain side.
