PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Steven Pinker, Circadian Rhythm, On The Soul

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
• Professor: Ashley Waggoner Denton

Document Summary

Psycology is the scientific study of both behaviour and mind. Philosophy of mind: aristotle"s de anima talks about nature of thought, sensation, and imagination. He also introduces tabula rasa (blank slate) to describe the mind, a place for potential experience to be in. 1st documented psychological disorder was in muslim world, a persian physician who wrote the complete art of medicine during the 10th century who descrived the neuroanatomy of brain and the mental illnesses/treatments. Psychology tends to be a union between physiology and philosophy because psych is about questions on the mind through behavioural evidence and proving it through evidence gathered from physiologists. Dualism: the relationship between behavior and mind that they are separate entities, existing apart from their physical bodies: behavior: actions, words, response times, brain activity, 17th century french philosopher rene descartes argued the mind is inherently immaterial. The attempt to understand the fundamental principles that govern behavior and mind.