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| Had his own version of dualism - Knew about blood flow in the body, hydraulics, and believed that liquid flow to the pineal gland (brain) causes mechanical reflexes. Also believed that some body mechanisms don't require the soul. Opened doors to reflexes. |
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| The church-based belief that each human consisted of two parts: material body and immaterial (supernatural) soul |
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| Big believer of Materialism, which is the belief that nothing exists but matter and energy-shut down the idea of the spirit/soul. Wrote Leviathan, was an English philosopher |
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| The Study of the body's machinery, led to discoveries about the nervous system |
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Comprised of the spine, brain, and nerves, controls all motor functions. |
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| Theory that all human behavior occurs through reflexes and that even complex voluntary actions are the result of higher natural parts of the brain. (Sechenov) |
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| The thought that psychology should be studied through behavior, not mere theories of what is going on in the brain |
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| Idea that different parts of the brain are used for different mental experiences and behavior. i.e damage to the left part of the brain cut off power to speak but didn't block other mental functions |
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| Human knowledge derives mainly from sensory experience. "If we are machines, we are machines that learn (through experience)." started in Britain, John Locke |
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| Law of association by contiguity |
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| Idea of the empiricists that if a person experiences two environmental events at the same time or close to ech other, the mind will associate those things with each other. i.e ice cream, great taste |
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| The study of the experience on one's thoughts, feelings, and behavior. |
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| The opposite of empiricism, the view that knowledge and rules of operation are there from birth and don't have to be aquired from experience (based in Germany) - Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz |
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| Knowledge built into the human brain, doesn't have to be learned (Kant) |
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| Knowledge one gains from experience (Kant) |
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| Animals mate with those who are best fit to ensure their species survival |
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| The ways in which an organism's behavior helps it to survive and reproduce |
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| The ways in which an organism's behavior helps it to survive and reproduce |
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| The ways in which an organism's behavior helps it to survive and reproduce |
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| Level of analysis eith the brain as the main cause |
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| Biological levels of analysis |
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| Consists of neural, genetic, and evolutionary explanations |
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| Experimental level of analysis |
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| Consists of learning, cognitive, social, cultural, and developmental explanations. |
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