PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Mahzarin Banaji, Amygdala, Stone Age
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Important developments for studying the human mind and behaviour: brain imaging: show parts of the brain involved in particular behaviours/mental activities. Psychological science refers to the study of the: mind: mental activity- senses, thoughts, feelings, memories, brain: action of nerve cells and chemical reactions. Mind is what the brain does : behaviour: wide variety of actions from the subtle to the complex. Sensus communis region of brain that receives all sensory information, home of thought and judgement. Culture provides adaptive solutions: people from different cultures have different minds. Biological level of analysis: how physical body contributes to mind and behaviour, the neurochemical, genetic processes that occur in body and brain: pleasant music serotnin- associated with mood. Social level of analysis: how group contexts affect people"s ways of interacting and influencing each other: types of music prefer when alone vs. in a group (dancing music)
