MIND-BRAIN RELATIONSHIP

BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGYThe study of Physiological, Evolutionary

and Developmental Mechanisms of behaviour and experience

Involves studying of the Human Brain

HUMAN BRAIN

DORSAL VIEW VENTRAL VIEW

CELLS IN THE BRAIN

NEURONS GLIA

COSMOLOGY VS. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

COSMOLOGYBIOLOGICAL

PSYCHOLOGY

Why does the universe exists?

Given the existence of this universe, why is there such a thing as consciousness?

4 BIOLOGICAL CATEGORIES OF EXPLAINING BEHAVIOR

PHYSIOLOGICAL EXPLANATION

The relationship of behavior to the brain and

other organs

ONTOGENIC EXPLANATION

The development of a structure of behavior

EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION

The Evolutionary history

FUNCTIONAL EXPLANATION

The why’s on how a structure or behavior

evolved as it did

Eg. Genetic Drift

MIND-BRAIN PROBLEM1. DUALISM- the belief that the mind and the body

are two different kinds of substance

THOUGHT SUBSTANCE AND PHYSICAL SUBSTANCE

PINEAL GLAND single point in

space where the mind and brain

interacts

MIND-BODY PROBLEM2. MONISM- the universe consists of one kind of

existence

a. MATERIALISM- everything that exists is material or physical

b. MENTALISM- only the mind really exists and the physical world only exists because one thinks about it

c. IDENTITY POSITION- mental processes are the same thing as certain kinds of brain processes but described in different terms