PSY 1 Lecture 2: Psy1Lecture2
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The scope of psychology: subfields, professions, popularity. "psychology has a long past, but only a short history" Plato & aristotie in rphael raffaelo sanzio"s 16th century masterpiece "school of athens" Two major debates: cardiocentric versus encephalocentric theories of mind did the soul reside in the "heart" or the "brain, dualism versus monism "mind" versus "body" British archaeologists howard carter with king tutankamen (1922) A dog-like statue protects king tut"s treasures (stored in a wooden chest). Behind him is a cabinet with canisters containing the king"s internal organs. The resolution to this question came only during the past 2-3 hundred years, and not from philosophy, but from biology. Sensory organs send their signals to the brain not the heart. Movement was a result of nerves that emanated from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles. The embalmed brain of 51-yr old man named leborgne.
