PSYC 1100- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 44 pages long!)

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The principal of temporal contiguity is also known as law of association . Book: locke and hume: british empiricists and associationism, emphasized sensory experience as the basis of knowledge. These experiences could be associated or lined (laws of association). Time has a lot to do with association. One mostly to associate two things that are relatively close together in term of time. He saw the blood is mechanic, and there is a circulation. Phrenology linked the personality to the structure of the brain: it popularizes the idea that there was localization of function in the brain. However, after the pole was removed, he didn"t bleed but this incident altered his personality and his behavior. Many psychologists concluded that brain damage caused profound psychological changes. Terminal (the end point) - release chemical signal, neurotransmitters: neuron are electrically and chemically active. Electrical activity, fires strong electrical impulses - action potential . Chemical signaling, release of chemicals on other neurons.