PSY 1001 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Sigmund Freud, Psychoanalysis, Nervous System
12 Oct 2018
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Psychologists gather facts about behavior and attempt to explain them. Move from explanations of behavior based on unseen causes to observables a. Localization of function within the nervous system a. b. Viewing brain as homogenous piece of jello to viewing brain as complex organism. : from a piece of jello to a complex organism. Animism--the belief that behavior is directed by spirits. Both living things and non living things had spirits. Given the time of year you were born the stars were in a particular pattern and the you be the person you are or cause you to predict what you would do. Gave us first systematic study of the body. Aristotle wrote that "the brain was bloodless and the heart was not only the center but also the center of the soul" Thought this because the heart is warmer than the brain. Believed all health or ill health depended on the distribution of 4 basic body f.
