PSYCH101 Midterm: Midterm1Notes

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Paul Wehr

Document Summary

Empiricism: is a philosophical tenet that knowledge comes through experience. Knowledge about the world is based on careful observation, not on common sense or speculation. Determinism: is the belief that all events are governed by lawful, cause-and-effect relationships. Influences from the ancients: philosophical insights into behaviour. Greeks believed that 4 humours or fluids flowed throughout the body and influenced both health and personality. Suggested that the four humours combined to create temperaments. Emotional and personality characteristics that remained stable throughout the lifetime. A(cid:374)gui(cid:374)e (cid:894)(cid:271)lood(cid:895) a te(cid:374)de(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455) to (cid:271)e i(cid:373)pulsi(cid:448)e, pleasu(cid:396)e-seeking, and charismatic; Choleric (yellow blood(cid:895) a te(cid:374)de(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455) to (cid:271)e a(cid:373)(cid:271)itious, e(cid:374)e(cid:396)geti(cid:272), a(cid:374)d a (cid:271)it agg(cid:396)essi(cid:448)e; Mela(cid:374)(cid:272)holi(cid:272) (cid:894)(cid:271)la(cid:272)k (cid:271)ile(cid:895) a te(cid:374)de(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455) to (cid:271)e i(cid:374)depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)t, pe(cid:396)fe(cid:272)tio(cid:374)isti(cid:272), a(cid:374)d a (cid:271)it introverted; and. Phleg(cid:373)ati(cid:272) (cid:894)phleg(cid:373)(cid:895) a te(cid:374)de(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455) to (cid:271)e (cid:395)uiet, (cid:396)ela(cid:454)ed, a(cid:374)d (cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:374)t (cid:449)ith life. Thought that different temperaments could be combined (just like hippocrates). Dark ages: these viewpoints were suppressed in turn for religious beliefs.