AP PSYCHOLOGY

RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

THE NEED FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Galen (130-200 CE) said that the heart is the center of all emotion while the brain is a cooling mechanism.
A
True. Galen was indeed the one who claimed such, and Aristotle disagreed with him.
B
False. Aristotle was the one who claimed such, and Galen disagreed with him.
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Unlike some of his predecessors, Galen concluded that the brain controlled cognition and willed action. The initial evidence for this doctrine was that the brain was the site of termination of all of the five senses: touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing.

Detailed explanation-2: -The beginnings The birth of neuroscience began with Hippocrates some 2500 years ago. While his contemporaries, including Aristotle, believed that the mind resided in the heart, Hippocrates argued that the brain is the seat of thought, sensation, emotion and cognition.

Detailed explanation-3: -Galen developed a theory of personality based on his understanding of fluid circulation in humans, and he believed that there was a physiological basis for mental disorders. Galen connected many of his theories to the pneuma and he opposed the Stoics’ definition of and use of the pneuma.

Detailed explanation-4: -Galen was the first physician to use the pulse as a sign of illness. Some representative study areas included embryology, neurology, myology, respiration, reproductive medicine, and urology. He improved the science and use of drugs in therapeutics.

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