PS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Gustav Fechner, Tabula Rasa, Action Potential
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Mental process and behavior: whole groups and cultures. Attitudes: parts of individuals (cell on up) Studies the mind and how it is influenced by the psychobiology of the organism as well as effects of the external environment. Activity of the brain while thinking, processing information, using language, imagination, memory. Ways to study mental processes would be to observe outward behavior such as actions and expressions and make inferences about what was going on in the mind. With the use of brain imaging and other forms of technology, psychologists have uncovered connections between behavior and mental processes: steps of studying mental processes and behaviors: Usually the first step in understanding behavior or mental processes. Researchers try to understand the causes of the behavior/ mental processes. When researchers can specify conditions which will likely cause the behavior or cognitive process to occur. A(cid:374)s(cid:449)e(cid:396)s the (cid:862)(cid:449)he(cid:374) (cid:449)ill this happe(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:395)uestio(cid:374)
