PSYC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Jean Pierre Flourens, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Paul Broca

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Patrick Carolan

Document Summary

Greek psyche (soul) and logos (to study) Professor at harvard uni and taught psychology. Psychology: scientific study of mind and behaviour. Mind: private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts, memories, feelings, consciousness. Behaviour: observable actions of human, animals, things we do in the word by ourselves or others. Psychology is an attempt to use scientific methods to address fundamental questions about mind and behaviour that have puzzled people for millennia. Psychology addresses fundamental questions about human experience and behaviours. We need to know what it is working. The function of the mind is to help us do those things that sophisticated animals have to do in order to prosper. Keep in mind what we are doing and why. React quickly to events that have life or death. Enable us to form strong social bonds. Like all machines, the mind often trades accuracy for speed and versatility. We are all prone to a variety of errors and illusions.