PSYC 1100- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 13 pages long!)

• School: UConn
• Department: Psychological Sciences
• Course: PSYC 1100
• Professor: John Salamone

Document Summary

1. 1 history of psychology: origins, philopspy: emphasis on memory, acquisition of knowledge, medicine/physiology - emphasis on sensory process, learning mechanisms. Discovered functions of the brain: relation to other sciences, social science vs. natural science , geisteswissenschaft, separate from bodily functions. Naturewissenschaft - natural science: strong distinction; line between nature and spirit; nature vs. nurture, psyche greek word; mind and soul , greek philosophers discussed topics of interest to psychologists, memory, acquisition of knowledge. 1. 2 the individual neuron and the organzation of the nervous. Several organ systems are important for biological basis of psychology: motor, digestive, endocrine, nervous system is particularly important, neurons are nerve cells, the basic cellular units of the nervous system, parts of the neurons: Soma: cell body, largest part, dendrite: Receiving pole: taking info in from other parts: types of info: physical or chemical, axon (can be covered with myelin): Very long extension of the nerve cell. At the neon of each branch, there are terminal.