CAS PS 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Behavioral Neuroscience, Gestalt Psychology, Edward B. Titchener

• School: Boston University
• Department: Psychological & Brain Sciences
• Course: CAS PS 101
• Professor: Ben Wormwood

Document Summary

Scientific method: questioning world around you, looking for evidence. Plato (428 bc - 347 bc) nature are innate. Nativism : key aspects of yourself you are born with; key elements of human. Empiricism : you become what you are by experiences; blank slate. Interactive dualism : separation of the mind and the physical body, allowing for the communication between the two. Phrenology: traits and characteristics map onto the size of brain regions. Can be observed through differences in the bumps on the skull. Size of bumps lead to how perceptive, intelligent, etc. someone is. Localization of function within specific brain areas. Demonstrated by observing effects of brain lesions (parts taken out) in non-human animals. Lobotomy: taking part of brain out to observe effects. Observation of naturally occurring lesions and associated dysfunction. Dysfunction in the broca: patient tan unable to say anything except tan. Physiology : the study of biological processes, especially in the human body.