PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Antonio Damasio, Lee Cronbach

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Patrick Carolan

Document Summary

A combination of the greek psyche (soul) and logos (to study) William james wrote the principles of psychology influential book. Addresses fundamental questions about human experience and behaviour. All our subjective experiences arise from the electrical and chemical activities of the brains: how our perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings are related to activity in brain. Form follows function: to understand how something works, we need to know what it is working for. William james (cid:862)thi(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g is fo(cid:396) doi(cid:374)g(cid:863: function of mind is the same as animals, helps us to prosper, such as acquiring food, shelter, and mates. Psychological processes adaptive: promote welfare and reproduction of organisms that engage in those processes. Perception allows us to recognize family, see predators before they see us, avoid stumbling into oncoming traffic. Language allows us to organize thoughts and communicate with others, which enables us to form social groups and communicate with them. Memory allows us to avoid solving the same problems repeatedly.