PSY4130- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 57 pages long!)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 4130
• Professor: Shirley Griffith

Document Summary

Brain focal point for the minds actions. Empiricism: we get our knowledge from experience, from environment. Mind at birth a blank slate (tabula rasa) All knowledge is empirically derived comes from sensory experience. Two kinds of experiences: sensations necessary forerunner of reflections, reflections. Operations of the mind perception, thinking, doubting, reasoning, knowing. Two kinds of ideas: simple ideas arise from sensation or reflection cannot be broken down, complex ideas combination of simple ideas, can break down into component parts. Theory of association knowledge results from associating simple ideas to form complex ideas. Early term for what we call learning today. Two kinds of qualities: primary qualities exists in the object whether we are perceiving it or not (shape, secondary qualities requires somebody to perceive it (colour, difference between warmth and temperature for example. Two basic feelings: pleasure, pain, george berkeley (1685-1753) All knowledge a function of the experience or perceiving person.