PSY 101 Study Guide - Scientific Method, Behaviorism, Pineal Gland
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9/8 ppt 1psychology is the study of the mind, brain and behavior or the scientific study of the mind and behaviormind= thoughts, feelings, perceptionsbrain=nerve cellsbehavior= observationanalysis- biological-social-cognitive-cultural-individual differences. Historical & philosophical roots of psychology- socrates- paid attention to mind and soul: plato- nativism innate knowledge, aristotle-empiricism - mind is a blank slate, rene descartes- dualism- mind and body distinct or separate but interact. Pineal gland= the seat of the soul: francis gall- phrenology- bumps on head locate where certain aspects of the brain function, charles darwin- Now nonexistent, but 1st theory that said different parts of our brain do different things. Early psychologists: herman von helmholtz- 1st method of observation to study behavior. Formulated reaction time experiments -neural responses: wilhelm wundt- 1st lab devoted to the study of human mental process. *1st american psychologist: sigmund freud- physician, believed in a dynamic or forceful unconscious mind. Unconscious causes of symptoms and personality -technique to bring contents of unconscious to conscious awareness.
