PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-8: Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor, Parietal Lobe, Occipital Lobe
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Psychology is the study of mind and behavior. Behavior: observable action of human and nonhuman animal. Fmri lets the brain see which part is active. Antonio damasio saw elliot"s problem after a tumour on brain was removed. Elliot made bad decision, couldn"t prioritize tasks, and didn"t feel anxiety. 3 groups of psychology: structuarlists: analyze mind by breaking down basic components, functionalist: focus on how mental abilities allow people to adapt to environment, psychoanalysis, behaviourism, cognitive psychology nativism:knowledge are inborn. Plato"s empiricisism: all knowledge is acquired through experience(blank slate written with experience) Rene descarte argued that mind(soule/immaterial) and body(material) are separate. Dualism: how mental activity can coordinate with physical behavior. Thomas hobbes: mind is what the brain does. Franze joseph gall thought brain and mind linked. Phrenology :specific mental abilities are located in specific region of brain. (proven wrong) Broca"s area damages=unable to speak but can understand. Physiology: study of biological proceses, especially human body.
