PSYC06H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Psychophysiology, Motor Neuron, Spinal Nerve
27 Apr 2013
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Interaction of body and mind---research where any dv (subject response) is a physiological measure and the iv (factors manipulate) is a behavioural one. Physiological responses recorded may be: changes in blood pressure, muscle potentials, saliva, change in eye size, respiration, etc. Can also manipulate physiological variables and see behavioural changes. Most study response to human rather than animal, and thus are limited in data collection techniques and intensity of measurements (e. g. , non-invasive) Plato believed that rational faculties were located in the head and passion was in the spinal marrow; instincts were in spine below diaphragm---he rejected experimenting and instead placed pure thought above empirical observations s way to get knowledge. Erasistratos (physician during alexander time) credited with making psychophysiological observation and associating physical behaviours (illness) with psychological being (mind)---observed what variable caused boy"s illness (physiological changes) and associated the two (mother and sweat, heart rate, etc)
