A History of Psychology: Ideas and ContextThis volume draws attention not only to women who have contributed to the study of psychology in the 19th and 20th centuries, but also to their forerunners such as Hupatia, Myia, Theana and Aesara. New material on Galileo, Kepler, Copernicus and Petrarch is included in this edition. |
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... mental processes ( e.g. , thought , con- sciousness , cognitions ) as a kind of " overflow " or by - product of brain activity . The mental world has no independent status ; it is a mere epiphenome- non or appearance . According to ...
... mental processes ( e.g. , thought , con- sciousness , cognitions ) as a kind of " overflow " or by - product of brain activity . The mental world has no independent status ; it is a mere epiphenome- non or appearance . According to ...
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... mental processes are produced by brain processes . Some emergentists believe that mental processes , though produced by brain processes , are qualitatively different from the phys- ical system from which they emerge . As a theory of ...
... mental processes are produced by brain processes . Some emergentists believe that mental processes , though produced by brain processes , are qualitatively different from the phys- ical system from which they emerge . As a theory of ...
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... mental set on prob- lem solution . Mental set refers to a predisposition to respond in a given manner . For example , Külpe briefly presented stimulus materials that varied along several dimensions . If subjects are given a mental set ...
... mental set on prob- lem solution . Mental set refers to a predisposition to respond in a given manner . For example , Külpe briefly presented stimulus materials that varied along several dimensions . If subjects are given a mental set ...
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