Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Temporal Lobe, Dependent And Independent Variables

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: John Campbell

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Individuals believe their loved ones have been replaced by impostures. Freudian explanation- individual has sexual desires for his mother and gets hit in attraction he feels for her. It becomes clear that the individual is able to recognize parents, but cannot respond emotionally to them the head. Later believes that the woman can"t be his mother because of the. The connection in the brain (temporal lobe to amygdala) has been severed. Curiosity- wondering why something takes place, wanting evidence. Skepticism- being skeptical, wondering if there is a better explanation. Open-mindedness- recognizing that the results and findings may go against your instincts. Horrible crime witnessed by 38 bystanders, none of whom called the police. Rather than apathy, perhaps it was (cid:498)diffusion of responsibility(cid:499) In an emergency, if multiple bystander are present, then the likelihood that any on bystander will intervene is reduced. Designed an experiment to test their hypothesis.