Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Reuptake, Botulism, Amnesia

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

Document Summary

Cocaine blocks dopamine transporter (a neurotransmitter related to pleasure). Therefore, a lot of dopamine is floating around when cocaine enters the human body, which causes hallucinations. Psychosurgery: brain surgery in the absence of obvious organic damage: this may have originated from the olden times when people made holes in skulls to let out evil spirits. Chapter 1: broad themes: psychology is empirical (gather data for scientific studies to prove theories, psychology is theoretically diverse. Know how theories are used to predict things for exam: behaviour is determined by multiple causes, heredity and environmental jointly influence behaviour, experience is subjective (what gestaltists impose), psychology evolves in a socio-cultural historical context. Psychology: scientific study of behaviour and mind: behaviour: actions/responses directly observed, based on these interrelated factors: Biological (i. e. neural, hormonal: mind: internal processes, such as thoughts and feelings, that are inferred from observable, measurable responses.