PSYCO104 Lecture Notes - Four Causes, Demon, Trepanning

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO104
• Professor: Geoff Hollis

Document Summary

What is psychology: psychology is the study of mental and behavioral events, broadly construed. Psychology studies: how people manage life issues, how we change during our lifespan, how we interpret words, how we acquire new skills, brain function and organization, anything else to do with mind or behavior. Psychology is an eclectic discipline, including a wide range of theories and methodologies, united by their interest in studying the mind and behavior. Psychology has a long past but only a short history - hermann ebbinghause (1908) Human"s have been interested in mind and behavior for a very long time. Most early beliefs about mind and behavior were grounded in spiritualism and mysticism. Trepanning is a surgical procedure that dates back at lest 8,000 years. Greek philosophers contributed many theories and observations to the study of mind and behavior. Most importantly, however, they suggested these things are natural (not mystical) and systematic. Thus, they are understandable through logic and reason.