1.1: Preludio a la Psicología

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Objetivos de aprendizaje

Explicar qué es la psicología

Una ilustración muestra los contornos de dos cabezas humanas enfrentadas entre sí, con varias fotografías de personas esparcidas por el fondo. — Figura\(\PageIndex{1}\): La psicología es el estudio científico de la mente y el comportamiento. (crédito “fondo”: modificación de obra de Nattachai Noogure; crédito “arriba a la izquierda”: modificación de obra por parte de la Marina de Estados Unidos; crédito “top media-izquierda”: modificación de obra de Peter Shanks; crédito “top media-derecha”: modificación de obra por “devinf”/Flickr; crédito “arriba a la derecha”: modificación de obra de Alejandra Quintero Sinisterra; crédito “abajo izquierda”: modificación de obra de Gabriel Rocha; crédito “abajo medio-izquierda”: modificación de obra por Caleb Roenigk; crédito “abajo medio-derecha”: modificación de obra por Staffan Scherz; crédito “abajo derecha”: modificación de obra por parte del Equipo de Reconstrucción Provincial Checo)

Clive Wearing es un músico consumado que perdió su capacidad para formar nuevos recuerdos cuando se enfermó a la edad de\(46\). Si bien puede recordar cómo tocar el piano a la perfección, no puede recordar lo que comió para desayunar hace apenas una hora (Sacks, 2007). James Wannerton experimenta una sensación gustativa que se asocia con el sonido de las palabras. El nombre de su ex novia sabe a ruibarbo (Mundasad, 2013). John Nash es un matemático brillante y ganador del Premio Nobel. Sin embargo, mientras era profesor en el MIT, le diría a la gente que el New York Times contenía mensajes codificados de seres extraterrestres que estaban destinados para él. También comenzó a escuchar voces y se volvió a sospechar de las personas que lo rodeaban. Poco después, Nash fue diagnosticado con esquizofrenia e ingresado en una institución mental estatal (O'Connor & Robertson, 2002). Nash fue el tema de la película de 2001 A Beautiful Mind. ¿Por qué estas personas tuvieron estas experiencias? ¿Cómo funciona el cerebro humano? Y ¿cuál es la conexión entre los procesos internos del cerebro y los comportamientos externos de las personas? Este libro de texto te presentará diversas formas en las que el campo de la psicología ha explorado estas preguntas.

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