PS390 Study Guide - Final Guide: Conation, Bodymind, Proprioception
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18th century philosophers divided psychological capactities into 3 dimensions: feeling, thinking, conation (expressing an intention, leading to motoric activity) Dewey"s understanding of thinking as embodied reflected this conceptual tradition. Expressing an intention is a behavioural manifestation of human will. By ww1, us psychology used terms tat connoted scientific validity and moral neutrality (ex motive) instead of terms that carried strong moral connotations (human will) Theodule ribot"s conception of body-mind relations included consciousness, thinking, memory and stressed intimate complementarity b/w physical and thr psychological (thinking always tends towards muscular activity, and motoric action evokes feelings) James also said all mental states are followed by bodily activity, thus thinking correlated w brain processes. Charles sherrington said attitude is as significant as action, psychologically and neurologically. Said all behaviour (incl cognitive processes) is rooted in integrated motor activity and occurs neurologically. Hugo munserberg"s action theory stressed that muscular stimulation produces perception and consciousness, while subsequent motoric responses modify consciousness.
