Philosophy, Physiology and Psychology

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Mind Map on Philosophy, Physiology and Psychology, created by cortneyatkinson on 09/10/2013.
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Philosophy, Physiology and Psychology
  1. 'psycholoy comes from Greek words'psyche'(the soul) and 'logos'(study of a subject)
    1. Socrates, Plato & Aristotle debated issues of relevance to psych; knowledge inborn (nativism) or gained through experience (empiricism)?
      1. Aristotle's theory of memory; memories are the result of similarity, contrast, contiguity
        1. Rene Descartes (1596-1650) argued the mind and body were separate & different (dualism); mind (soul) is immaterial & the 'province of God'
          1. believed processes and functions (memory, perception, dreaming, etc) were 'properties' of the body
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