PSYA01H3 Study Guide - Summer 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Sigmund Freud, Memory, Psychology
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Spiritual e(cid:374)tities a(cid:374)d, as such, do not co(cid:374)for(cid:373) to (cid:374)atural laws (scientific process thrown out) To pursue something scientifically one must first assume that the behaviour of that living conforms to some sort of natural laws, laws that can eventually be understood, specified, and used to predict future behaviour. Early psychology: (cid:862)a(cid:374)i(cid:373)is(cid:373)(cid:863) concept that there is some force that makes things happen in specific ways: e. g volcano erupts, ppl think oh the gods are angry. Need to sacrifice a virgin and throw her into the volcano to please them. (volcano bound virgins) Dualis(cid:373)(cid:863: renee descartes (1596-1650, before he firmly believed that things that mvmt is powered by the soul, hydraulics were discovered; a statue moved by a machine. The (cid:373)i(cid:374)d is a (cid:373)achi(cid:374)e: la table rassa a blank slate, life shapes you (nurture, (cid:862)e(cid:373)piricis(cid:373)(cid:863)- (cid:858)father of scie(cid:374)tific (cid:373)ethod(cid:859) we lear(cid:374) through the se(cid:374)ses.
