PSYC 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Ulric Neisser, Noam Chomsky, Acute Radiation Syndrome

• School: UBC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 101
• Professor: Luke Clark

Document Summary

Noam chomsky - linguist , criticized skinner"s book, argued behaviouris-1 principles can"t explain some features of language - learning (grammar ) Ulric neisser - no psychological phenomenon real unless can demonstrate cognitive psychology : using digital computers to study topics. Study of human into - processing (cid:8869) produces deep insight into nature of human mind. Evolutionary psychology : study of ways the human mind has been shaped by evolution. Most psychologists agree mental life is influenced by its evolutionary origin. 1824-1880 french physician performed an autopsy on man who understood words but couldn"t speak - concluded it depends on particular area in brain (cid:8869) broca"s area. Left -hemisphere activity occurs only in brains of speakers who became deaf as an adult. Speakers born deaf have increased neural activity in left and right hemispheres. Surgically damaged rat"s cerebral cortices (cid:8869) brain damage impaired performance, but didn"t matter where cortex damaged.