PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Thyroid, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Amenorrhoea

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Morgan

Document Summary

Today"s song:same love- feat mary lambert & ryan lewis. Today"s topics: why learn about the brain: two communication systems, endocrine b) nervous, the central nervous system (cns, the hindbrain, the midbrain, the forebrain. Note : chapter 3: leave out page 67-68,71,74-76,83-85,97-100 ( biological bases ch 3 , section b) Email ids: eburton@my. yorku. ca, jassi gill 1@my. yorku. ca, karan 11@my. yorku. ca, serah seo@my. yorku. ca. Calumet college welcome event tomorrow : 11am - 2pm. Communication system that talks to the brain -endocrine system - hormones. Evidence for experiences being the product of the machinery that is your brain. E. g. breathing is unconscious - many things outside our control done by our body. Human brain compared to animals there is a big evolutionary leap. Brain is the only organ that can think about itself. Overview of what might contribute to certain experiences. Issue around determinism vs. free will (what if all your actions were predetermined) Optimism about brain"s ability to grow and change.