PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Stanislavski'S System, Endocrine System, Limbic System

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

Document Summary

Leave out pages 82-85, 92-98, 112-120 chapter 3 readings. Impact at molecular level, how does your mood or behaviour or tendencies in certain situations emphasize your dna or genes. Is the mind reducible to biological mechanisms: two communication systems within the body. Nervous: neurons and neurotransmitters: possibilities for a lot opens, works at a totally different pace, impulses help us protect our self. First major communicating system within the body: basic building block: hormones released in bloodstream regulate basic body processes. Dendrites on neurons pass messages from one to another. Neurons are building blocks (different lengths and sizes: neurotransmitters are the messengers, they carry signals between nerve cells or neurons. Reflexive responses and arousal: old mammalian brain. Not self-reflective (hey you need to get in shape, or change your diet) brain cannot recognize that: new mammalian brain. Cerebrum (third layer), the outer part of the brain.