PSY 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mendelian Inheritance, Educational Psychology, Neurochemistry
9 Dec 2016
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Mind and behavior can be understood at various levels of analysis. Levels of analysis what is the focus of analysis. Genes, glia cells, twin and adoption cases. Vision, attention, thinking, language, memory, decision- making, problem solving. Learning, observable actions (movements and activities) and mannerisms. How do depressed people generally perceive and think about the world (they have depressed thoughts) What is the general behavioral patterns of depressed people? (withdrawal from others, moving and talking slowly) How and why do different people react and deal with. Differences in culture groups, self-concept depression-inducing incidents. How is depression linked with social interaction (loss of important personal relationships, or lack of social support) How do depressed people generally tend to interact with others. Is depression more common in one culture than others. To fully understand psychology, we must consider multiple levels of analysis. Each level effects the other levels and is affected by the other levels.
