PSY290H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Neural Pathway, Ontogeny, To Be Announced
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Textbook notes chapter #1: mental characteristics and abilities are the result of learning experiences vs innate, the mind and its machine are shaped by a precise combination of genes and experience, (cid:862)hard-(cid:449)ired(cid:863) ge(cid:374)eti(cid:272) progra(cid:373)s inextricably tied together. Galen the greco-roman physician: the (cid:862)father(cid:863) of (cid:373)edi(cid:272)i(cid:374)e, treating head injuries of gladiators lead him to propose that behaviour results from the (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of (cid:862)a(cid:374)i(cid:373)al spirits(cid:863) 7 billion people in the world: we literally cha(cid:374)ge ea(cid:272)h other"s (cid:373)i(cid:374)ds o(cid:374) a daily (cid:271)asis. Rene descartes: tried to explain how the control of behaviour might resemble the workings of a machine, proposing the concept of spinal reflexes and a neural pathway for them, dualism. Phrenologists: belie(cid:448)ed they (cid:272)ould (cid:862)read(cid:863) a perso(cid:374)"s (cid:272)hara(cid:272)ter (cid:271)y feeli(cid:374)gs the (cid:271)u(cid:373)ps of that of the persons head, localization of functions. Elnaz bayandor: left side of the brain is associated with speech.
