01:830:313 : Physio Psych Part I.doc

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:313
• Professor: All

Document Summary

This is a modern concept; we believe the mind is in the brain. People were greatly discriminated against for being monist because it meant going against the church. E. g. when a small portion of the brain is removed, a specific action of behavior is unable to occur. **this helps us to determine which part of the brain performs what function** Charles darwin (1809 1882) son of a preacher, who wanted him to become a preacher. He goes to explore the galapagos islands and publishes his theory of natural selection. Selective advantage - a characteristic of an organism that permits it to evolution and produce more than the average # of offspring in it"s species. Hominoids have multiple groups including: gibbons, orangutan, human, gorilla, chimpanzee. Homohabilis medium weight, significantly larger brain than chimp, orangutan, gorilla. Homo erectus medium weight, significantly larger brain still than homohabilis. *this mutation in brain size gave us an advantage!