PSY100H1 Midterm: PSY100 Reading Notes Summarized
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Gustav fechner coined the term psychophysics, which is the study of the relationship between the physical world and the mental representation of that world. Influences from evolutionary theory: the adaptive functions of behaviour: Da(cid:396)(cid:449)i(cid:374)(cid:859)s theory also helps to explain human and animal behavior. The behavior is shaped by natural selection, and so are physical traits. For example, having some aggressive impulses allowed our ancestors to hunt as well as defend themselves when threatened. Medicine had a considerable influence on the development of clinical psychology which is the field of psychology that concentrates on the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders. Brain localization is the idea that certain parts of the brain control specific mental abilities and personality characteristics. Phrenology: the idea that the (cid:271)(cid:396)ai(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:374)sisted of (cid:1006)7 (cid:858)o(cid:396)ga(cid:374)s(cid:859) which corresponded to mental traits and dispositions that could be detected by examining the surface of the skull.
