Psychology Lecture

Question 1

What was Descartes an advocate of?

Answer 1

Descartes was an advocate of dualism, he observed hydraulics and argued that we are not simply reflexive like machines are, because we are capable of spontaneous and creative actions.

Question 2

What didn’t Descartes doubt?

Answer 2

Descartes went on in a cycle about doubting his reality, until he came to the conclusion that he cannot doubt if he’s thinking. So, he noted that there’s something different about having a mind compared to a body that you can doubt.

Question 3

What are the three kinds of neurons?

Answer 3

There are sensory neurons, motor neurons, and interneurons which connect the two.

Question 4

What do Agonists do?

Answer 4

Agonists in pharmaceuticals increases the effect of neurotransmitters, by making more neurotransmitters or by stopping the cleanup of neurotransmitters, or in some cases mimicking a neurotransmitter

Question 5

What do Antagonists do?

Answer 5

Antagonists in pharmaceuticals, slow down the number of neurotransmitters, because they destroy or make it hard to create more. Sometimes they block the neuron (dendrites) from connecting.