PSY 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Materialism, Psy, Turing Test

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2301
• Professor: unknown

Document Summary

What do you think behaviour is: class example: actions and reactions that you can see/observe. What are the critical characteristics of behaviour: has to have some sort of activity, have to be able to be publically observable. Textbook: important content: the brain is a physical object, which is responsible for (causes) behaviour, which is an observable action the ethereal mind. It is clear that the physical brain has to be active in order for something to occur in your body is an action, momentarily observable but fleeting. Brain and behaviour differ greatly but are linked. They have evolved together; one is responsible for the other, which is responsible for the other, and so: (cid:498)the brain is a physical object, a living tissue, a body organ. The brain is a physical object responsible for behaviour not. Behaviour is observable otherwise how could we measure. Behaviour is action so causes in the brain must be activity.