CAS PS 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Unconsciousness, Edward B. Titchener, Scientific Method

• School: Boston University
• Department: Psychological & Brain Sciences
• Course: CAS PS 101
• Professor: Yvonne Wakeford

Document Summary

For exams- certain names have to know* don"t need dates, just time concepts. Mypsychlab. com run up to date tune up register course id (yellow sheet) Breakdown of the greek roots of psychology: psyche: the soul spirit or mind, logos: the study of a subject. Greek philosophers worked with problems that modern psychologists are still trying to figure out- (free will, memory, learning, motivation, perception: socrates, plato, aristotle. Ren descartes* 1596-1650: addressed mind/body problem, dualism- assumption that body and mind are separate, through interacting entities, descartes- interaction takes place in the pineal gland in the brain. Thomas hobbes: monism- the mind and body are one and that the mind is not separate spiritual identity, all human experiences are physical, coming from the brain. Sitting in chair, holding pencil, explain why conscious experience happens) Wrong to use because it is very subjective, other people experience different things, ex.