PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Neuroplasticity, Behaviorism, Reinforcement Learning
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Cognitive psychology is the study of the processes of the brain. Biological psychology is the study of the biology of the mind. Is this model possible in the brain given studies, history etc. Long ago it was thought the heart gave way to the mind. Heart is at the core of the body. Reasonable to hypothesis that the heart was the main control of the body. Galen learned a lot about the brain with relation to the mind by being a surgeon. Found injuries to the front of the head, affected physical actions. Injuries in the back affected sensory (hearing, seeing) Thought there was a connection: foot to spine to brain. Faster to go: foot to spine back to foot. Brain can put the brakes on a reflex. Dualism: brain and the mind are different things. Thought brain and mind interacted at the pineal gland. Thought #1: each part of the brain is the same (undifferentiated mass)
