PSYC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: Jean Piaget, Observer-Expectancy Effect, Noam Chomsky
23 Aug 2018
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Midterm 1 textbook readings notes: history and methods (ch. Left dreams of becoming naturalist (bio-based), worried salary not enough to marry + support family. Became harvard prof devoted life to psych, wrote landmark book principles of psychology . Psychology scientific study attempting to use scientific methods to address fundamental questions about mind + behavior: mind private inner experience of perception, thought, memory, feelings; ever-flowing stream of consciousness. Subjective experiences arise from electrical and chemical activities of our brains. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fmri) allows scientists to scan brain to determine active areas during diff activities (i. e. reading word, seeing face, learning new skill, remembering personal experience) Found that pro pianists have less activity than novices in parts of brain guiding finger movements. Form follows function to understand how something works, must know what it"s working for. Psychological processes are adaptive promote welfare + reproduction of organisms that engage in those processes.
