PSYC 1000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Umami, Sound, Functional Neuroimaging

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Anneke Olthof

Document Summary

Psychologist question where it is free will and out ability to act on our own or external events that shape our behavior and determinism world comes from and is based on careful observations not common sense or. Philosophy of knowledge stems from two fundamental beliefs: empiricism. Empiricism: knowledge comes through experiences knowledge about the speculation (cid:498)seeing is believing(cid:499) Determinism: all events are governed by a cause effect relationship free will vs. determinism belief that some of our actions are determined. Behavior can only be understood through observations and testing hypotheses. Damage to different parts of the brain led to vastly different impairments. First recording of linking to biology and behavior. Ancient greeks believed that four humours of fluids flowed throughout the body and influenced both health and personality blood, yellow bile, black. Suggested that four humours combined are created temperaments, or bile, and phlegm emotional and personality characteristics that remained stable throughout the lifetime.