PSYC 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Relativism, Humanistic Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience
7 Dec 2017
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Seven themes in psychology: empirical, capacities evolve, determined by multiple causes, our behaviour is shaped by our cultural heritage, heredity and environment jointly influence behaviour, our experience of the world is highly subjective. Psychology: scientific study of the mind and behaviour, mind- private inner experience of perception, thoughts, memories and feelings (consciousness, behaviour- observable actions of human beings and non human animals (things we do in the world) Bases of the mind: electrical and chemical activity in the brain. Ps(cid:455)(cid:272)holog(cid:455)"s a(cid:374)(cid:272)esto(cid:396)s: philosophers like plato (428 bce- 347 bce), aristotle (384 bce- 322 bce, they began asking questions psychologists still debate toady, are cognitive abilities/knowledge inborn or acquired through experience, plato- nativism, phil. Ie, child mental capacity similar to ancestors: founded first american psych journal. Unconscious mind: part of the mind that works outside the conscious awareness, still influences thoughts, feelings and actions.
