CGSC 1001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Hermann Ebbinghaus, Tabula Rasa, Stroop Effect
20 Mar 2014
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The mind-body problem are/seem to be different things. : the mind (mental states) and the brain (physical states) Dualism: mind and body are two separate substances interacting through pineal gland (descartes). Functionalism: the mind is the brain, but the brain is not the only explanation. Multiple realizability: in philosophy of mind, it is the view that mental states can arise in different physical implementation (ex: martian minds, computers, human brains). Same function can be produced by different systems. Wundt: first psychology lab, practice introspection, description of consciousness is the sole aim of experimental psychology (wundt). Behaviourism-watson: introspection should be rejected; only experimental laboratory should be part of psychology. Psychology should only examine relationships between stimuli and behavioural responses. Behaviourism-skinner: operant conditioning through rewards and punishments for behavior (consequences). Fathers of cog sci: george miller (memory), chomsky: language acquisition is beyond behaviourism. Memory: diverse set of cognitive capacities by which we retain information and reconstruct past experiences.
