PSYC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Hermann Von Helmholtz, Jean Pierre Flourens

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Patrick Carolan

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Psychology the scientific study of mind and behavior. The mind refers to the private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings, and ever-flowing stream of consciousness. Psychologists know that all of our subjective experiences arises from the electrical and chemical activities of our brains. We are all prone to a variety of errors and illusions. Breakdowns and errors are not just about destruction and failure, they are pathways to knowledge. Understanding lapses, errors, mistakes, and the occasionally puzzling nature of human behavior provides a vantage point for understanding the normal operation of mental life and behavior. 1. 1 psychology"s roots: the path to a science of mind. Nativism the philosophical view that certain kinds of knowledge are innate or inborn. Philosophical empiricism the view that all knowledge is acquired through experience. A(cid:396)istotle (cid:271)elie(cid:448)ed that the (cid:272)hild"s (cid:373)i(cid:374)d (cid:449)as a ta(cid:271)ula (cid:396)asa (blank slate) on which experiences were written. From the brain to the mind: the french connection.