PSYB64H3 Chapter 1: all chapter notes for midterm (chapters 1,2,3,5,9) - very detailed !
14 Dec 2010
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Biologically psychology is the branch of psychology in which biological foundations of behaviour, emotions, and mental processes are studied. Trephining or trepanation was evidence of brain surgery 7000 years ago by drilling holes in the skull. Edwin smith surgical papyrus represents the oldest known medical writing in history did not consider the brain to be important. Hippocrates proposed that the brain was the source of intelligence and correctly identified epilepsy as originating in the brain. Aristotle believed that the heart was the source of intellect, whereas herophilus (father of anatomy) believed that the ventricles played this important role. Descarte"s mind body dualism the body is mechanistic, whereas the mind is separate and nonphysical. Biological psychology is based on monism the mind is viewed as the product of the activity in the brain and nervous system. Transmission of information along nerves is typically a one way street. Phrenology is the pseudoscientific notion that the skull contours indicate personality and character traits.
