Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Psych, Trepanning, Ice Pick

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

What is psychology: why we do things, biochem makeup of the brain, how the brain works in both humans and animals, freud, brain and mind. Neurons are the building blocks of the brain and the central nervous system. The mind is different from the brain, it allows for the brain to be working. Studying the mind by studying the effects of things on the brain. Illusions can help to explain how the mind is working. 8/10 tv shows contain violence, an act of violence occurs every 16 minutes, and a murder occurs every 31 minutes. 94% of children"s cartoons involve violence and good guys are as bad as the bad guys. 50% of killers do not suffer consequences and pain and suffering are rarely shown on tv. 3000 or 4000 years bc people would slice a hole in the brain to let out the evil spirits. 40 000 people had this prefrontal lobotomy in the.