Summary: Introduction To Psychology

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• 2 Topic 2 Introduction

• 2.2.1 The Important Questions of Psychology

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• What solution did early psychologists have that answered the question of how the mind controlled the body- even thought they seemed to be two separate entities?

  Mind Body Dualism

• What classic psychological question could answer the following: Are there psychological and personality differences inherit of being a man or woman? Are people around the world basically the same or does environment and culture make a difference in the way people act and think?

  Differences vs. Similarities

• What classic psychological question answers if biological makeup or the way we grow up affects our behavior?

  Nature vs. Nurture

• Mind vs Body poses many questions about the relationship between biology and behavior. What psychologists might be interested in Mind vs. Body questions?

  Psychological Biologists and Neuroscientists.

• 2.2.2 The Earliest Psychologists

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• Who are the earliest psychologists that we know? Where were they from and when did they live?

  Two greek philosophers were the earliest psychologists. They were Plato (428-347 BC) and Aristotle (384-322 BC).

• What classic psychology question did  early philosophers ask? (Plato, Aristotle, Rene Descartes, John Locke)

  Mind vs. Body and Nature vs. Nurture

• Where did Plato lie on the issue of Nature vs. Nurture?

  Nature: Plato thinks some knowledge is innate (remember: Plato is innately natural)

• Where did Aristotle lie on the issue of Nature vs. Nurture?

  Nurture: Aristotle thinks children are born a blank slate (remember: Aristotle nurtures his blank chalkboard)

• What Renaissance era (1569-1650) French philosopher believed the idea that the brain and body were to separate things and that the mind controlled the body through the pineal gland?

  Rene Descartes

• In mind body dualism, we do not have free will to choose the behaviors we engage in. True or False?

  False.