PSY100H1 Chapter Notes -Empiricism, Phenology, Scientific Literacy
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John locke says we are fully machines, materialism, no soul. Scientific method= a way of learning about the world through observation, hypothesis goes back to theory theories come from hyp theories are not opinions or beliefs. Psychology= collection of disciplines compared to many overlapping fields of study, Renee decart= moving with intention no longer the defining feature of having a soul. Animals have no soul, humans have a machine part and a soul. In philosophy you think and argue and in science you do that and tests and experiments. Scientific literacy= abilitiy to understand, analyze, apply scientific info. Determinism= all events governed by lawful cause and effect relationships, behavious deterimied externally and internally. Zeitgeist= set of beliefs of culture at a specific time. Materialism= we are meachines, humans and other living things controlled. Helmholtz= speed of neural impuslses- how quick things transfer, surprisingly slow, wires are faster.
