PSYC 213 Lecture : April 3 Lecture.docx

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 213
• Professor: Jelena Ristic

Document Summary

Impact factor: the number of times average article from a particular journal has been cited. Readability index: most articles are very difficult to read (low index) Review articles are summary of literature by an author (can be argumentative) - don"t present novel data. No peer review - edited book chapters and textbooks. Adolphs definition: processes that subserve behaviour in response to conspecific (individuals of the same species) and especially those higher level processes that subserve very flexible diverse social behaviours seen in primates , esp. humans. Classes of emotion serving communicative functions (e. g. shame, guilt, etc. )- how do we experience and communicate them. Types of signals enabling social communication (e. g. relating to others, how do we read other people"s intentions at a low sensory processing levels) Understanding mental states of others - how do we come to understand that our mind is different from others.