PSY100H1 Lecture 2: Lecture 2.docx
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Science has been contexualized in a larger set of societal/ historical and political processes. Cadavers being forbidden by culture made advancement hard. Post enlightenment rise of rational, self interested human, divide between cognition and emotion. Post biological revolution & neuroscience interdepence on cognition and emotion. *evolition of psychology follows evolution of thought human psychology as mechanistic process: descartes labored in obscurity. Lead to idea of body as complex machine. Mind was nonphysical and thus nonmeachistic, which could communicate to body. Helmhotlz showed that time and other objective measurements could be used. Wilhelm wundt said subjective and objective idea of reality must be same. Develops clock that has pendulum hits bell on way down. He finds that he hears the bell before the pendulum strikes it. 1/10th of a second is taken to switch perception modes from seeing to hearing. 20th century- cns now on cusp of leap into systems.
