PSYC 355 Study Guide - Final Guide: Brainstem, Positron, Emergence

• School: Concordia University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 355
• Professor: Stephane Gaskin

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Social neuroscience don"t use a reductionist approach (the idea that complex phenomenon can be explained by knowing about the basic parts that make up the phenomenon). Instead, social neuroscientists think of social behaviour as an emergent property stemming from complex interactions among basic components, both biological and environmental: the principles of social neuroscience. Levels of analyses: the focal point at which research being conducted. Caccioppo and bernston coined the term social neuroscience . Caccioppo and bernston: the authors suggested that an understanding of psychological phenomena can only come from multilevel analysis that includes knowledge from both neuroscience and social psychology. They proposed that research must be conducted with certain principles in mind: 1. The principle of multiple determinism: any event or behaviour at any level of analysis can be caused by a multitude of factors: 2. The principle of non-additive determinism: as stated earlier the whole is greater than the sum of its parts .