PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Hermann Von Helmholtz, Mental Chronometry, Tabula Rasa
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Chapter- 1 the science of mind: the discipline of psychology. Introspection the personal observation of our own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. The mind is a way of talking about the activities of the brain: thought, emotion, behaviour. Early attempts to study mental processes weren"t great b/c psychologists relied on the use of introspection. It"s 1/7 of the major hub sciences: philosophical roots. One of the most significant q"s b/w psy & phl is whether the mind is inborn or is formed via experience. Aristotle: believed all knowledge is gained via sensory experience. Locke: viewed mind as a blank slate @ birth & was filled w/ ideas gained by observing (empiricist) Contemporary psychologists believed experience interacts w/ inborn characteristics (eg. intelligence influenced by genetics & experience: natural sciences roots. Physicians laid the foundation of our biological knowledge of the brain. Demonstrated that a single sensory nerve carried on type of info instead of multiple.
