The systematic investigation of mental processes (such as thinking and feeling) and behavior, requiring attention to biology, psychology, and cultural context
Scientific Method
The standardized method of making observations, gathering data, testing hypotheses, and interpreting results to establish theories in order to describe and measure human behavior
Dualism
The view that the mind is a separate entity from the body and that our conscious awareness is not physical
Nature-Nurture Debate
Explores the influence of genetics versus environmental factors on behavior
Free Will
The belief that individuals have the ability to make conscious decisions
Determinism
The belief that actions are governed by both internal and external forces outside the person's control
Mind vs Body Problem
Questions whether the mind is separate from the body (dualism) or part of the same system (monism)
Philosophy
A method of understanding behaviour through logic and reasoning
What did Hipoprocreates propose?
Hippocrates (460-370 BCE) proposed that humans had four fluids or 'humors' - blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile
