PSYC 1004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Amygdala, Psychophysiology
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All psychologists tied by their interest in behavior, want to understand it which will lead to predicting it, leading to wanting to modify it. Scientific method begins with observation ex: when going through kemo therapy met a lot of top notch people but noticed everyone depressed. Aloxi used to block nausea and vomiting b/c blocks serotonin, lowered levels of serotonin associated with suicide attempts, serotonin=deep sleep (amt), Need replication- preferably not by same grant or sponsorship, and in laboratory. Ex: olympic games 1966, started genetic analysis on girl who one and had xy chromosomes. && did analysis of horrific crimes and discovered they had xyy chromosomes, and called them super men. Went out to identify children with xyy chromosomes. How decisions made- don"t think the same, don"t choose the same thing. Ex:1950"s in bull ring, delgado developed a recording apparatus with remote stimulation of the amygdala.
