Psychology 1000 Chapter 1: Chapter 1

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- Dehoog

Document Summary

The scientific study of the brain, mind and their relationship. Talking about, thinking, sensation and perception, emotion, behaviour, normal vs. abnormal behaviour. Levels of analysis: causal factors of depression: Philosophy > ideas about how knowledge can be acquired. Natural science > progress in understanding sensory processes brain and nervous systems. Empiricism - knowledge is gained though observation & our senses. Rationalism - knowledge gained through logic and reasoning. Nothing can exist within the intellect that did not have its origins in the senses. Bumps in the skull indicate overdeveloped brain regions. Can understand someone"s personality from there bumps. Flourens - entire brain (not localized areas) worked in synchrony to produce functions. Believed that all complex behaviour can be explained by reflexes. The ideas of applying the methods of science to the study of the human - Structure and components of consciousness and the mind. Studied the same phenomena cognitive psychologists study today. First rigorous and empirical study of cognitive phenomena.