PSY100H1 Chapter 1: Chapter 1

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
• Professor: Michael Inzlicht

Document Summary

Prejudice brain imaging, metabolic activity in brain such as blood flow which represent changes in brain activity that indicate which parts of the brain are involved in certain behaviors and mental activities. a second study, new group ppl shown pictures of familiar black and white faces and activation of amygdale did not occur. Encouraging news suggesting that increasing familiarity reduces the fear response, which may indicate a reduction in the likelihood of prejudice and discrimination. Psych for little over 100 yrs basic mental processes like learning, memory, emotion, perception *** mind is what the brain does (kosslyn &koenig,1994, p-4) www. notesolution. com. Themes of psychological science: the p rinciples of psychological science are cumulative, a new biological revolution is energizing research (3 developments have set stage for new biological revolution, brain chemistry. brain works through actions of chemicals known as neurotransmitters, which communicate msg"s between nerve cells: the human genome.