[PSY2301] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes fot the exam (75 pages long!)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2301
• Professor: unknown

Document Summary

It is clear that the physical brain has to be active in order for something to occur in your body is an action, momentarily observable but fleeting. Brain and behaviour differ greatly but are linked. They have evolved together; one is responsible for the other, which is responsible for the other, and so: (cid:498)the brain is a physical object, a living tissue, a body organ. Some notes on behaviours: note the section on importance of movement to thought (feedback from the body) (text pg. 2: brian injuries produce deficits/problems in many areas, brain injuries highlight the many functions of the brain, usually taken for granted, each shows brain-behaviour relations, survivors of brain injury often have to compensate for impairments. Theme of the course= (cid:498)what is the relation between the brain and behaviour? (cid:499) Historical perspectives on brain and behaviour: mentalism greek era, dualism 1600s, materialism end of the 19th century.