Module 1 - PSY 255 Study Guide Solution With Fully Solved Questions.

History of René Descartes - correct answer ; believed the mind could not be studied because it is immaterial believed the pineal gland was the seed of the soul believed in a mechanistic universe body is a mechanical device using hydraulics to operate René Descartes view on dualism and his solution to the mind/body problem - correct answer I think therefore, I am Not physical = not able to be studied withdrawal reflex was not driven by the soul Proponents of differing perspectives on Dualism - correct answer body and mind are separate, though perhaps interacting entities Mind/Body Solution Dualist Views - correct answer mind and body are separated Mind/Body Solution Monist Views - correct answer mind is body; they are one Mind/Body Solution Physiological Psychologists Views - correct answer have to believe in monism because it the mind has to be physical Proponents of differing perspectives on Monism - correct answer embedded cognition: mind/body X environment mind is more like an event than an object mind is a verb Which view/perspective is required for psychology to be considered a science? - correct answer Monist Blindsight - correct answer a condition in which a person can respond to a visual stimulus without consciously experiencing it Ancient views of the functions of the heart and mind (philosophers and proponents of these views) - correct answer Egyptians: knew brain was vital but that the heart was the seed of the soul Hippocrates: from the brain comes physiological functions Aristotle: thought heat was vented through the brain Galen: discovered soft cerebrum and hard cerebellum (sensorial imprinting); also discovered the ventricular cerebral spinal fluid was consistent with the prevailing view of the 4 humors Galvani's Experiments and Results - correct answer demonstrated that nerves conduct both electricity and the brain. they did this by conducting electricity through a dead frog and his leg began moving as if it were alive Broca, his observations, and significance to the brain localization of function - correct answer Paul Broca, discovered that if there was a specific portion of the brain missing (Broca's area) it would induce a speech deficit. Proved the localization of function and disproved the equipotentiality backlash Human and other animal's brains' size in comparison to body weight - correct answer Brain size usually increases with body size in animals Larger brain size allowed for what capacities/abilities in humans? - correct answer process and store information Anatomists - correct answer scientists who study anatomy Behavioral Neuroscientist - correct answer how do systems interact to form behavior (invasive) neurologist - correct answer