PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Seven Deadly Sins, Eval, Autonomic Nervous System

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
• Professor: Heinz- Bernhard Kraatz

Document Summary

= communication, evol = evolution, fxn = function, sol"n = solution, imp = important, percep = perception, cog = cognition, individ = individual, ans. = autonomic nervous system, sym ans = sympathetic ans, parasym ans = parasympathetic ans, sci = science/scientific, acc = anterior cingulate cortex, pcc = History of e: 19 th century founders : modern ideas of e are bc of, 1) darwin, 2) william james, 3) freud. Our descent is the origin of our evil passions, the devil under form of baboon is our grandfather! : one of the first researchers to use questionnaires and photos of naturalistic and posed. Did not propose that e"s have fxns imp to our survival. Before ~, ppl thought god had given humans special facial muscles so they could express uniquely human sentiments. ~ saw the importance for cross-cultural study: also one of the first to contribute to dev psych (documented his own son"s e and cog dev)