PSY 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dependent And Independent Variables, Monism, Experimental Psychology
31 Jan 2018
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Dualism: descartes (1596-1650) there are two kinds of substance, mental (the soul) and. Monism: hobbes (1588-1679) concept of spirit/soul is meaningless. Conscious thought physical (the body) is a product of the brains machinery, it does not cause things to happen. Nurture: human knowledge/thought comes from physical experience. Nature: thoughts and ideas are innate , we are born with knowledge. Localization of function: specific parts of the brain serve specific functions (ex. Evidence that physical (brain) basis of mental processes. Evidence for natural divisions among mental processes. Evolution: charles darwin (natural selection, functions of behavior) German experimentalist: studied simplest kinds of mental processes, simple sensations, memories and judgements. Psychophysics: weber & fechner, studied relationship between conscious sensory experience & physical stimuli. Argued that mental processing takes time, and can be measured. Introspectionism: ( wundt ) the study of conscious mental events by introspection or looking within (observing and recording one"s own thoughts and experiences)
