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Plato
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nativist, 428BC
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Aristotle
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philosophical empirist (tabula rasa)
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Wilhelm Wundt & Edward Titchner
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"father of Psychology"
systematic entrospection, describing experiences of a simulation "structuralism" 4 tastebuds, 12,000 auditory sensors, multiple visual |
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William James
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1867. argued psychology should be a science
taught the first course at Harvard 1890 wrote the first textbook Principles of Psychology influenced by Darwin |
Before Wundt
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G Stanley Hall
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1904. focused on "adolescent" studies.
first president of APA |
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Functionalism
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mental states are identified by what they do rather than what they are made of
goal is survival/adaptation |
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Descartes
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believes mind & body are separated
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Hobbes
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"mind is what the body does"
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Gall
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phrenology, study of bumps on the head determines personality
believes brain & mind are connected the bigger the smarter |
bumps
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Broca
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surgeon. had a mute patient who could comprehend but not produce words
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"tad"
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John Watson
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behaviorism
"if its not observable, its not psychology" believes in a blank slate mind at birth |
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B.F. Skinner
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"Skinner box"
uses food and water for shaping animal behavior |
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Sigmund Freud
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every problem has a psychological origin usually childhood trauma
psychoanalysis (couch sessions) dream analysis: latent & manifest content |
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latent & manifest content
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latent: actual symbol
manifest: deeper meaning |
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CNS
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central nervous system
brain & spinal cord (reflexes) |
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PNS
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Peripheral Nervous System
autonomic (involuntary) & somatic (voluntary) |
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autonomic
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sympathetic- arouses us in emergencies "fight or flight"
parasympathetic- calms us back down |
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somatic
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initiates movements
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Acetylcholine
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excitatory
enough = movements are smooth too little = Alzheimer's |
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dopamine
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inhibitory
too much = schizophrenia too little = Parkinson's |
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seratonin
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inhibitory
too little = depression **SSRI's selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors |
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GABA
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inhibitory
regulates anxiety too much= Huntington's |
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norepinephrine
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exctitatory
adrenaline |
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glutamate
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major excitatory
too much= seizures |
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endorphins
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neuromodulators
modulates pain |
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agonists
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copycats
binds at the same receptor sites & causes firing |
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antagonists
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binds incompletely & blocks firing
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Cerebral Cortex (right)
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spatial tasks, mentally rotating objects, emotional processing, circadian rhythm, judging of time
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Cerebral Cortex (left)
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language (reading and writing), mathematics
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Occipital lobe
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very back of the head
visual |
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Temporal lobe
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both sides above the ears
auditory |
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Parietal lobe
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top, middle
somatosensory cortex sense of touch |
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Frontal lobe
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front
higher level thinking memory personality |
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Motor cortex
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back of the frontal lobe
in the cerebral cortex voluntary movements |
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