PSYC 211 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Auditory Cortex, Primary Motor Cortex, Postcentral Gyrus
12 Apr 2013
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All moving objects were assumed to have spirits that acused them to move. As our ancestors became more sophisticated and learned more about nature, they abandoned this approach (called animism) in favor of physical explanations for inanimate moving objects, but they still used spirits to explain human behavior: mind body question. Dualism is a belief in the dual nature of reality, mind and body are separate. The body is made of ordinary matter but the mind is not. Monism is a belief that everything in the universe consists of matter of energy and the mind is a phenomenon produced by the workings of the nervous system: understanding human consciousness : a physiological approach. We humans are aware of our thoughts, perceptions, memories and feelings. We are aware of our own existence: blindsight. Blindsight is the ability of a person who cannot see objects in his blind field to accurately reach for them while remaining unconscious of perceiving them.
