3.1 - Understanding the Role of the Brain Flashcards
What is the mind-versus-body debate?
3.1 - Understanding the Role of the Brain
The mind-versus-body debate proposes the question of whether or not the mind is part of the body.
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What is the significance of the m-v-b debate?
3.1 - Understanding the Role of the Brain
We can know that the brain is important to behaviour, but our understanding of the relationship of the brain and mind is not clear. This debate considers possible relationships between the body and mind.
3.1 - Understanding the Role of the Brain
Describe the m-v-b debate in reference to René Descartes.
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René Descartes (French philosopher) proposed the concept of dualism; the idea that the mind and body are two (duo) separate beings.
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Explain the process of trephination.
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A surgical procedure that involves creating a hold in a patien’ts head while they are still awake.
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What did Claudius Galen believe?
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Cladius Galen, one of the first to research the brain in detail. Galen discovered people could lose a sense with no damage to the organ, so that the brain must play a role in sensation.
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What did Franz Joseph Gall believe?
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Gall believed that personality was linked to brain structures. He is noted for the development of phrenology.
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Define “phrenology”
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A pseudoscience that holds the idea that 37 different sections in our brain control our personality. also that they can be measured to determine someone’s personality
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