brain vs mind
Brain Vs Mind
Brain
Mind
Definitions
The brain is an organ of soft nervous tissue, located in the skull of vertebrates; it is the controlling centre of the nervous system. (Dictionary 2010)
The mind is the centre of the consciousness that generates thoughts and feelings; the mind itself stores knowledge and memories. (Dictionary 2010)
Assumptions and Methods
Monism is the belief that the brain and the mind are the same thing. (Robson 2011)
MRI scans and other experiments have demonstrated that the brain and the mind cannot exist without each other.
Dualists believe the mind and the brain are separate. (Robson 2011)
Although the mind and the brain are separate from one another, the brain affects the mind just as the mind affects the brain.
Examples from Psychology
The biological approach is divided into three sections, the comparative model, physiology and inheritance.
The physiology is the study of the brain and the nervous system, which relates to behaviour, especially if the brain has been damaged through various illnesses i.e. Prescribed drugs for depression, non prescribed drugs i.e. heroin, cocaine, marijuana and alcohol or from brain mal-development i.e. aspergers, autism, teretts and ADHD. (Robson 2011)
Freud, the founder of the psychodynamic perspective which underlines human behaviours, especially the dynamics of the conscious and unconscious mind. (Robson 2011)
Freud is best known for his theories of the unconscious mind.
Freud explained these concepts by comparing the human mind to an iceberg, the iceberg visible above the Water is the conscious mind – this represents our knowledge and our thinking process.
Many experiments have been conducted on the brain including techniques to observe behavioural effects by using stimulus response. Stimulus being the external and response being the brain.
There are three types of behaviourism 1. Classic conditioning 2. Operant conditioning 3.social learning.
Pavlov used
Brain
Mind
Definitions
The brain is an organ of soft nervous tissue, located in the skull of vertebrates; it is the controlling centre of the nervous system. (Dictionary 2010)
The mind is the centre of the consciousness that generates thoughts and feelings; the mind itself stores knowledge and memories. (Dictionary 2010)
Assumptions and Methods
Monism is the belief that the brain and the mind are the same thing. (Robson 2011)
MRI scans and other experiments have demonstrated that the brain and the mind cannot exist without each other.
Dualists believe the mind and the brain are separate. (Robson 2011)
Although the mind and the brain are separate from one another, the brain affects the mind just as the mind affects the brain.
Examples from Psychology
The biological approach is divided into three sections, the comparative model, physiology and inheritance.
The physiology is the study of the brain and the nervous system, which relates to behaviour, especially if the brain has been damaged through various illnesses i.e. Prescribed drugs for depression, non prescribed drugs i.e. heroin, cocaine, marijuana and alcohol or from brain mal-development i.e. aspergers, autism, teretts and ADHD. (Robson 2011)
Freud, the founder of the psychodynamic perspective which underlines human behaviours, especially the dynamics of the conscious and unconscious mind. (Robson 2011)
Freud is best known for his theories of the unconscious mind.
Freud explained these concepts by comparing the human mind to an iceberg, the iceberg visible above the Water is the conscious mind – this represents our knowledge and our thinking process.
Many experiments have been conducted on the brain including techniques to observe behavioural effects by using stimulus response. Stimulus being the external and response being the brain.
There are three types of behaviourism 1. Classic conditioning 2. Operant conditioning 3.social learning.
Pavlov used