PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-20: Reticular Formation, Limbic System, Brainstem

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Lisa Giguere

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You have to be able to learn from other ideas: critical thinking: (examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions. ** even when specific attitudes and behaviours vary by gender or across cultures, as they often do, the underlying processes are much the same: animals in psychology: many study animals because they want to understand how different species learn, think and behave, but also to learn about people* we are not like animals, we are animals, sharing a common biology. The european parliament now mandates standards for animal care and housing. Correlation indicates the possibility of a case effect relationship but does not prove such. a research method in which an investigator manipulates one or more factors to: experiment: observe the effects on some behavior or mental process, experimental group: independent variable. evaluating the effect of the treatment. The brain enables the mind-seeing, hearing, smelling, feeling, remembering, thinking, etc. The brain self reflectively analyzes the brain.