Lecture 1

Question 1

What is Psychology?

Answer 1

The science of behaviour and it’s causes

Question 2

What are the three levels of analysis?

Answer 2

• biological
• psychological
• environmental

Question 3

What is dualism and what did it say?

Answer 3

Dualism is belief that the mind and body are separate and said that mind is not a physical phenomenon(no point in studying it because the important things can’t be seen)

Question 4

Who is Galen and what did he believe?

Answer 4

He was a physical to the gladiators and noticed that there were connections between the body and nerves. He believed the nervous system was controlled by spirit animals.

Question 5

What did Hobbes argue?

Answer 5

That there is no soul, only matter and energy

Question 6

What did Broca discover from the injured patient?

Answer 6

He had a bullet in his head and he could only say the word tan, broca recognized this to be the part of the brain responsible for speech