PSY 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Ct Scan, Central Nervous System
18 Jun 2017
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Psychology: the scientific study of mental processes and behaviour. When studying why a certain behaviour or mental process occurs, one can study the influences of: the brain: neutral activity, the person: emotions, ideas, thoughts, the group: friends, family, culture. Example: recently, canada"s junior hockey team won gold. Let"s say you"re someone who is happy and excited about it. The person: they were articulating emotions, ideas, thoughts about being very enthusiastic about what happened. The brain: can measure activity in the brain. When people are extremely happy, and feel a sense of pleasure there is a certain part of the brain that gets activated and a lot of blood flow circulates there. The group: how people acted towards family, friends and people around them after the win. People tend to be very nice, sociable when there has been a sports victory. They start conversations more easily about the game, a sense of social connectivity.
