PSYC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Advantageous, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Revolution

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jens Pruessner

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Psychological science is the study of the mind, the brain and behaviour. Mind refers to mental activity, the perceptual experiences we have while interacting with the world are examples of the mind in action. The mind is also responsible for thoughts, memories, feelings. Mental activity results from biological processes within the brain, the physical brain enables the mind or the mind is what the mind does. Scientists would focus on behaviours rather than mental states because they"re more easily detectable. Unconscious influences are the automaticity of everyday life (2). Ideas regarding intelligence in accordance to specific social groups may be completely opposite to what is actually thought. The example of the warm cup of coffee, where the person regard another as being warmer and less selfish as opposed to people holding a cup of cold coffee. Chinese philosopher, confucius, emphasized human development, education, and interpersonal relations (all of which are topics in psychology).