PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Paul Broca, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Tabula Rasa
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Ch 1 psychology: the evolution of a science. Psychology the scientific study of the mind and behaviour: psyche means soul and logos means to study in greek. Mind our private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings: the ever-flowing stream of consciousness. Behaviour observable actions of human beings and nonhuman animals: the things we do in the world by ourselves or with others. Perception - allows us to recognize our families, see predators before they see us, and avoid stumbling into oncoming traffic. Language - allows us to organize our thoughts and communicate them to others, which enables us to form social groups and cooperate. Memory - allows us to avoid solving the same problems over again every time we encounter them and to keep in mind what we are doing and why. Emotions - allow us to react quickly to events that have life or death significance, and they enable us to form strong social bonds.
