PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Paul Broca, Action Potential, Wilhelm Wundt

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Psychology the scientific study of mind and behaviour. Behaviour observable actions of human and nonhuman animals. All of our subjective experiences arise from the electrical and chemical activities of our brains. Our mental lives are nothing more or less than how it feels to be a brain . If we want to understand how something works we need to know what it is working for. Psychological process are said to be adaptive which means they promote the welfare and reproduction of organisms they engage in. Emotions are adaptive because they function as signals that tell us when we are outing ourselves in harm"s way. The mind often trades accuracy for speed and versatility. Our mental life is just as susceptible to occasional malfunction in our otherwise-efficient mental processing. We are all prone to a variety of errors and illusions. Psychology"s roots: the path to a science of mind.

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