PSY-333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Wilhelm Wundt, Monism, Evolutionary Psychology
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Bio psychology: the branch of psychology that studies the relationship between behavior and the body, specifically the brain. Monism: the mind and body consist of the same substance. Materialistic monism: both are made of physical substances. Dualism: the mind and body are separate with the mind being nonmaterial. Hydraulic model but the water was animal spirits. Beginning of the physical approach to behavior though control was still assigned to the mind. Empiricism: testing theories through scientific methods and using observation to reach conclusions. 1700: luigi galbani showed a frog muscle could be moved using electricity. 1800: fritsch and hitzig showed movement could be produced by electrically stimulating a dog"s brain. Helmholtz measured the conduction speed of neves to show they"re like wires but slower than the typical speed of electricity. The localization issue: the idea that specific areas of the brain carry out specific functions. Phrenology: 35 different faculties were located in precise regions of the brain.
