PSY201H1 Final: PSYA01 Exam Review
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Psychology: the scientific study of behavior, thought, and experience. It is the study of the human mind, the study of consciousness and unconsciousness, and human behavior. Importance of souls: humans are controlled by a soul, meaning that they are responsible for their actions. Souls are spiritual entities, which do not conform to natural laws. There are two kinds of views animism and magic. Animism: anything in the world is able to have a soul and desires. The reason we think we have souls is because we are all mystical and spiritual and we do not understand how we can do things. Cartesian dualism the idea that a machine is controlled by a soul. Argued that animals have no souls and that humans are dualistic creatures. A part of us is just like animals but we also have a soul that can control the machinery, and that is the only difference between humans and animals.
