PSY 401 1st Edition Lecture 11 Outline of Last Lecture I The Romans and the Renaissance a The Roman Period b Move away from naturalistic approach c Rise of modern University system d Thomas Aquinas II Middle Ages to the Renaissance a Printing Press b Black Death c Magellan s Voyage Outline of Current Lecture I Middle Ages to the Renaissance a Magellan s Voyage b Heliocentric Model II The Renaissance a Niccolo Machiavelli b Leonardo da Vinci c New discoveries d Rediscovery of Greek philosophy e Spurred subsequent intellectual activity Current Lecture I Middle Ages to the Renaissance a Magellan s Voyage b Heliocentric Model c 1543 i Copernicus ii Sun is the center of the solar system These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute II 1 Rather than the Earth geocentric 2 Retrograde motor slowing down and kind of moving backwards iii Problems a lot of resistance by the Church humans are not at the center scientific resistance because there was no data to support the idea iv Caused people to lose faith in Church authority The Renaissance a Niccolo Machiavelli i Early social psychologist 1 Examined how people could be manipulated politically ii The Prince 1513 1 Pamphlet for aspiring rulers a How to manipulate people b People are like pons manipulate them for power c How to have authority over people s behavior d Truth is what you perceive it to be iii Machiavellianism An amoral manipulative attitude towards other individuals Gutterman 1970 iv Christie and Geis 1970 1 Saw Machiavellianism as a personality trait that varies across the population 2 Develop a survey Mach Scale a Low on the scale kind b Example question from survey how do you deal with other people i High score tell them what they want to hear ii Low score honesty is the best policy 3 Did a study Group of three players a Divide 20 between them but only 2 players could receive the money i High on the scale ended up with 11 14 medium 6 28 and low 2 58 ii Took notes on their interactions making and breaking deals b Shows Machiavelli s lasting influence on psychology today b Leonardo da Vinci 1452 1529 i First consult experience then reason 1 Empiricist how sensory systems work 2 Especially interested in vision ii Vision 1 Anatomy of the eye get info into the eye from the environment 2 Perception a Arial perspective depth father away objects are less contrasted with horizon b Contrast effects way you perceive color depends on what surrounds it 3 Inventor a Lots of experiments ahead of his time b Flying machines c Military technology tank that fires in all directions d Oven and assembly line safety mechanism sprinkler i Society wasn t ready to accommodate adapt c New discoveries new world views i More explorations changed view of the world d Rediscovery of Greek Philosophy i Not repressed anymore e Spurred subsequent intellectual activity
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