PSYC1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ludwig Feuerbach, Thought Experiment, Pineal Gland
16 Aug 2018
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Start of scientific psychology: establishment of the first psychological laboratory in leipzig in 1879. Nature vs nurture: nature: most knowledge is present at birth, nurture: you learn (in your environment) and that is how most information gets into the brain, keep in mind these are extremes of a continuum. Adopt a baby: critical/sensitive period/time frame to get it out" critical time span for language. Acquisition you can learn a language when you are older but it is not as easy as the sensitive period for language acquisition (younger age) Tabula rasa (latin) = blank slate: when we are born: Nurture: aristotle (384-322 bc, greek philosopher, knowledge through perception", pupil of plato but plato had a different idea was very much an empiricist. Opening your eyes doesn"t expose you to the whole world sometimes you can be deceived: plato"s triangle it can"t only be perception rationalism (thinking &
