PSY 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pineal Gland, Behaviorism, Materialism
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If physical characteristics are adaptive, then psychological characteristics should also be adaptive: james thought that the brain and mind served a function and it was psychologists job to figure that out. It was highly influential to the psychological field and psychoanalysis was used often: not much evidence to back up his claims of the unconscious mind. Behaviorism: the mind does not matter, behaviorism: a psychological approach that only focuses on observable behavior, focuses on what people do rather than the things they claim to think and feel. Evolutionary psychology: evolutionary psychology: study of the adaptive value of the mind and behavior that has been shaped by natural selection, seeks to understand currently psychology processes in order to survive. Neuroscience: cognitive neuroscience: study of the relationships between the brain and the mind, behavioral neuroscience: study of the relationships between the brain and behavior, technology led to advances in neuroscience that allowed scientists to study brain functioning.
