PSYC 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Jean Pierre Flourens, Hermann Von Helmholtz, Paul Broca

• School: UBC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 101
• Professor: Peter Graf

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Chapter 1 the evolution of a science. We are (cid:271)or(cid:374) (cid:449)ith so(cid:373)e k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge/i(cid:374)sti(cid:374)(cid:272)ts (cid:894)su(cid:272)h as rooting as infants) but we acquire certain knowledge as we grow through experience/practice (such as learning to play basketball) From the brain to the mind: ren descartes (1596-1650) argued that the body and mind are different things. The body is made of a material substance and the mind (or soul) is made of an immaterial or spiritual substance this is known as dualism. Mo(cid:374)sieur la(cid:271)org(cid:374)e (cid:272)ould o(cid:374)l(cid:455) utter a si(cid:374)gle s(cid:455)lla(cid:271)le (cid:894)(cid:862)ta(cid:374)(cid:863)(cid:895) despite being able to understand the people around him. America: james mark baldwin (1867-1934) established the first psychology laboratory in. The noise would elicit the respo(cid:374)se of fear, so (cid:862)little al(cid:271)ert(cid:863) gre(cid:449) up feari(cid:374)g s(cid:373)all, (cid:449)hite, fluff(cid:455) thi(cid:374)gs su(cid:272)h as rats, rabbits, rugs, etc. The pioneers of cognitive psychology: max wertheimer (1880-1943) focused on the study of illusions, errors of perception, memory, or judgment in which subjective experience differs from objective reality.