PSY 401 1st Edition Lecture 14 Outline of Last Lecture I Empiricism a Francis Bacon i The Idols 1 Idol of the Cave 2 Idol of the Tribe 3 Idol of the Marketplace 4 Idol of the Theatre ii Science should be practical b John Locke i An Essay concerning human understanding 1 Nativism 2 Mind Tabula Rasa 3 Simple vs complex ideas ii Physical vs psychological world 1 Primary qualities 2 Secondary qualities iii Memory 1 Forgetting 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 2 State Context 3 Some Thoughts Concerning Education a hardening exercises b Reward Outline of Current Lecture I Rationalism a Rene Descartes i Discourse on Method Meditations Passions of the Mind ii Skepticism to reach rationalism iii On the Mind and Body Problem II iv Emotions Early Neuroscience a Brain and Consciousness i Egyptian hieroglyphs ii Pierre Cabanis iii Theodor Bischof Current Lecture I Rationalism knowledge results from reason from an active mind not just experience more complex mind born with innate knowledge rearranges and interprets sensory information a Rene Descartes 1596 1650 i Discourse on Method Meditations Passions of the Mind 1 Proved things in math using a deductive method applied mathematical methods to philosophy 2 Argued against Montaigne we CAN know things for sure ii Skepticism to reach rationalism 1 Are you a brain in a vat cannot trust senses so you cannot be an empiricist a Begins to doubt everything but then has an epiphany i There is an entity his mind doing the doubting I think therefor I am humans are defined by their thinking II ii Builds up world around him based on this notion iii On the Mind and Body Problem 1 Mechanistic perspective the body is a complex machine made up of physical properties and can be physically explained without reference to illusory qualities mind a Opens research to physiology to see how body works look at the machine s parts 2 Cartesian interactionism mind and body interact a Animal spirits physical property molecules distilled out through blood and nerves b Pineal gland middle of the brain i Thought it was the point of interface between the mind and body ii Thought it was unique to humans wrong iv Emotions wonder love hatred desire joy sadness 1 6 core base emotions every other emotion can be explained by the core six combinations 2 Functional there s a reason we have each emotion evolution 3 Corresponding physical activity in the boy no clear consensus on relationship Early Neuroscience a Brain and Consciousness i Egyptian hieroglyphs 17th century BCE 1 List of case studies of individuals with brain damage a Case and accident b Description of deficits resulted c Treatments and prognosis likelihood they will recover 2 Relationship between brain and injury and problems in other parts of the body 3 Description of the brain 4 1st written documentation of the brain Egyptians thought the heart was the center of intellect ii Pierre Cabanis 1757 1808 1 French Revolution time executions guillotine 2 Wasn t known if they were still conscious or if they could feel pain eyes twitching 3 Claimed that if you pick up head and blinks they are just reflexes nervous system but did not have the data to support this claim iii Theodor Bischof 1807 1882 1 Wanted to prove Cabanis s claims using empirical method a Tried to evoke reaction from severed head b Blinks were not in reaction to specific questions did not correspond with the timing of the questions
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