01:830:101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Behavioral Neuroscience, Animal Cognition, Wilhelm Wundt

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: Dickson

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Psyche, meaning soul or mind , and logos, meaning word . Psychology is the systematic study of behavior and experience. Determinism is the idea that everything that happens has a cause, or determinant, that someone could observe or measure. Everything can be predicted free will is the belief that behavior is caused by a person"s independent decisions. Mind-brain problem is the philosophical question of how experience relates to the brain. Dualism holds that the mind is separate from the brain but somehow controls the brain and therefore the rest of the body. Monism is the view that conscious experience is inseparable from the physical brain. So basically, mental activity is brain activity. What psychologists do: service providers to individuals. Clinical psychologists have an advanced degree in psychology (master"s degree, doctor of philosophy [phd], or doctor of psychology [psyd]), with a specialty in understanding and helping people with psychological problems. Psychiatry is a branch of medicine that deals with emotional disturbances.