This document discusses the study of physiological, evolutionary, and developmental mechanisms of behavior and experience. Specifically, it involves studying the human brain and addresses questions about why the universe exists and why consciousness arises. It examines physiological, ontogenetic, functional, and evolutionary explanations for behavior and its relationship to the brain and other organs. It also discusses dualism and monism as philosophical positions on the relationship between the mind and body.

2. The study of Physiological, Evolutionary and
Developmental Mechanisms of behaviour and
experience
Involves studying of the Human Brain

3. DORSAL VIEW VENTRAL VIEW

4. NEURONS GLIA

5. Why does the universe Given the existence of
exists? this universe, why is
there such a thing as
consciousness?
COSMOLOGY BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

6. PHYSIOLOGICAL EXPLANATION ONTOGENIC EXPLANATION
The relationship of behavior to The development of a
the brain and other organs structure of behavior
FUNCTIONAL EXPLANATION
The why’s on how a
EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION structure or behavior
The Evolutionary history evolved as it did
Eg. Genetic Drift

7. 1. 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

8. 2. 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