Physio psychology

Sympathetic Nervous system (SNS)

Fight or flight system that prepares you for action.

Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)

Rest and Digest system that promotes relaxation and recovery.

Mentalism

Aristotle’s idea.

Everyone is born with a psyche (a mind or soul). The psyche is inseparable from the body; they are connected. He does not mention the brain.

Mind-Mental-Psyche

Dualism

Descardes

A split of the brain and mind. You can separate the brain and mind because they are separate entities. However, the mind and body intersect in the pineal gland in the middle of the brain.

What does the pineal glad do?

Produces melatonin to regulate circadian rythem.

Materialism

Darwin

This theory focuses on the material influences on behavior and mental processes. Darwin introduced natural selection, describing that our physical and here mental traits exist to help us survive.

He is a pioneer of comparative psychology

Comparative psychology

Doing tests on animals and applying those results to people.