INTRODUCTION TO PHYSIOLOGICAL

PSYCHOLOGY

WHAT IT IS?

• Physiology

– from the Greek word “Physis” meaning nature or origin and “Logia” which means Study of

- A branch of biology that deals with the workings of the human body.

WHAT IT IS?

• Psychology

- from the Greek word “Psyche” which mean mind and “logia” which means study of.

- it refers to the branch of science that studies the working of the human mind more specifically the ones that deal with behavior.

• Physiological Psychology

- is branch of biological psychology that deals with the workings mind and body.

- studies how the different workings of the body as in direct link to the brain.

WHAT IT IS?

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT IN PSYCHOLOGY?

• Psychology studies the behavior of an individual.• The behavior of an individual is govern by the changes in the

body.• The changes in the body is profoundly affected by the main

provider of information throughout the body which is the brain.• The subject is important to be able to understand how small

changes in the brain relates to the differences in the actions of an individual more precisely in the person’s behavior.

HOW DID IT BEGUN?

• Hippocrates (400-370 B.C.)

- Ancient Greek physician who is also highly regarded as the father of medicine.

- The proposed that the core area of thought and emotions is the brain.

- During the time where there was an outstanding idea of the existence of several portions of mind and body he started the journey to say that thoughts and emotions are generally done in the brain.

• Aristotle (384 – 322 B.C.)

- Father of proto-psychology.

- Stated “that the brain is but a coolant to the passion of the heart”.

- He believed on the construct of the mind and that everything is constructed by it; the essential entity of life.

HOW DID IT BEGUN?

• Galen (A.D. 130-200)

- Was well known for his contribution to the study of anatomy but also made a theory about personalities.

- He disagreed & believed that brain to be a separate construct from the hearts as nature place it.

- He understood the workings of the mind into fluids that define a person’s personality.

HOW DID IT BEGUN?

• Rene Descartes (17th century)

- Known as the father of Modern Philosophy.

- He constructed the idea that the human body is like a mechanical object, that the environment is the stimuli that dictates actions.

- He conceptualized that human beings require an outside stimuli that exhibit actions (reflex).

HOW DID IT BEGUN?

• Johannes Muller(19th century)

- German physiologist and comparative anatomist, one of the great natural philosophers of the 19th century.

- Constructed the idea that there are nerve fibers that relay messages to the parts of the body specifically the organs.

- His idea lay view the idea of the doctrinal of specific nerve energies which relay the format of the electrical relay of information from the brain to the different parts of the body.

HOW DID IT BEGUN?