Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Capgras Delusion, Brenda Milner, Murder Of Kitty Genovese

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: John Campbell

Document Summary

Examines how brain processes and other bodily functions regulate behavior. Behavioral neuroscience: examines brain processes and other physiological functions that underline our behaviors, sensory experiences, emotions, and thoughts: the capgras delusion: a delusion where people believe that their loved one has been replaced by an imposter. However possibly the most famous was the patient h. m: memory loss- to alleviate seizures related to epilepsy, had surgery on his brain, worked in the sense he had no more seizures, but he now has amnesia. Different perspectives: capgras syndrome- one example, differing perspectives give different explanations, psychodynamic vs. behavioral neuroscience. Open mindedness (recognizing that the results and findings may be against your instincts: examples from textbook- Horrible crime witnessed by 38 bystanders, none of whom called 911. Why would no one call the police: darley and latane. Rather than apathy perhaps it was diffusion of responsibility .