PSYCH-AD 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cognitive Bias, Max Wertheimer, Confounding
19 Aug 2016
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1940s: swiss man carl young developed meyers briggs test to see personality. Introspection: examination of one"s own mental and emotional processes bias, cannot be used on all population. -- buddha and confucius focused on powers + origins of ideas. -- hebrews believed mind and body were connected. -- aristotle used data and observations to support his theories; he believed mind/soul was connected to body; knowledge is not preexisting; favors nurture not nature. -- france: rene descartes, agreed with socrates/plato; dissected animals and concluded that the fluid in the brain"s cavities contained animal spirits ; spirits memories brain nerves movement. -- francis bacon: british, founder of modern science, used experiments + experience; we remember events that confirm our beliefs. -- augustine: mind and body connected; condition of the body influences the mind and vice versa. -- john locke: mind at birth is a blank slate; favors nurture.
