PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Psychological Science, René Descartes

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
• Professor: doldeman

Document Summary

Case2: amadou diallo in font of house: racial attitudes (stereotypes) Brain imaging: assessing changes in metabolic activity in the brain, i. e. noting where blood flows as people process info. Amygdala: detecting threats, activation indicates a fear response using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fmri) Implicit attitudes test (iat): measures reaction time, indirectly assesses how people associate positive and negative words with certain groups of people. *increasing familiarity reduces fear response reduce prejudice, discrimination. The goal for psychology today is to understand people by considering both: Individual factors: how a person"s brain processes information about others. Contextual factors: how societal beliefs shape how we behave toward other ppl. Mind- mental activities, perceptual experiences a person has while interacting with the world (senses) Biological process of actions of nerve cells (neurons)~chemical reactions. Brain- mind is what the brain does, physical brain enables mind. Observing mind in action -> study mental states (consciousness)