psychology

Sociobiology

...gy is closely linked to the field of evolutionary psychology . The term "sociobiology" was coined by E. O. Wi... Evolutionarily stable strategy , Evolutionary psychology , Ethical fitnessism Astrosociobiology Well-known sociobiologists: Edward Osborne Wilson...

Neuroscience

...tary to, or may replace, the top-down approach of psychology . The concern of neuroscience includes such diverse topics as the operation of neurotransmitters at the synapse ; the biological mechanisms that underlie learning (both declarative learning and motor learning ); how genes contrib...

Memory

... information. Memory is much studied by cognitive psychology and neuroscience . There are multiple types of classifications for memory based on duration, nature and retrieval of perceived items. The main stages in the formation and retrieval of memory, from an information processing perspective, are: ...

Konrad Lorenz

...irds, and his writings led to its adoption within psychology . He also made important contributions to the theory of instinct . Lorenz was for a time a member of the Nazi party and that has led many to call his scientific work into question. While much of his theoretical work is outdated, and some of it ...

Kinesiology

...orporate knowledge from other disciplines such as psychology , sociology , cultural studies , ecology , evolutionary biology , and anthropology . Related interdisciplinary fields in motor skills , skills research are graphonomics , i.e., the study of handwriting movement control and the study of motor ...

Human

...ubject of much debate and research in philosophy, psychology , biology, neurology , and cognitive science . H...ught to be immaterial. Psyche The science of psychology studies the human psyche. The term psyche describes the mental and emotional attributes of an i...

Homunculus

...omunculus arguments are always fallacious. In the psychology and philosophy of mind 'homunculus arguments' are extremely useful for detecting where theories of mind fail or are incomplete. Homunculus arguments are common in the theory of vision. Imagine a person watching a movie. They see the images as som...

Evolution

... knowledge, creating hybrids such as evolutionary psychology and sociobiology . Evolution and religion Main article: Creation-evolution controversy Before the serious study of geology as a science began, early in the 19th century, Western religions almost unanimously discounted or condemned any ...

Ernst Haeckel

...ive anatomy . He was one of the first to consider psychology as a branch of physiology . He also proposed many now ubiquitous terms including " phylum " and " ecology ." His chief interests lay in evolution and life development processes in general, including development of nonrandom form, which culminated...

Charles Darwin

... an approach which still persists in evolutionary psychology . His work on plants now produced a series of books, then he turned back to the question of the effect worms have on soil levels. Darwin died in Downe, Kent , England, on 19 April 1882 and was given a state funeral. William Spottiswoode , ...

Brain

...Cognitive science seeks to unify neuroscience and psychology with other fields studying the brain, such as com... a part of their belief systems. Also see popular psychology . Myth: The human brain is firm and grey. The fresh/living brain is actually very soft, jelly-l...

Biological psychology

Biological psychology may be looked at as a hybrid of neuroscience and psychology . Practitioners of biological psychology may use their knowledge of the brain , from neurotransmit...