PSY100H1 Chapter 1: Chapter 1
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Brain imaging: assessing changes in metabolic activity in the brain, i. e. noting where blood flows as people process info. Amygdala: detecting threats, activation indicates a fear response using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fmri) Implicit attitudes test (iat): indirectly assesses how people associate positive and negative words with certain groups of people. The goal for psychology today is to understand people by considering both: Contextual factors: how societal beliefs shape how we behave toward other ppl. Individual factors: how a person"s brain processes information about others. Psychological scientists: try to figure out (cid:498)how people tick(cid:499), how people think, feel and act. Psychological science: study of mind, brain, and behavior: Scientific method: use of an objective, systematic procedures. Themes: research on mind, brain, and behavior has accumulated over time to produce the principles of psychological science. Typically, science progresses in smaller, incremental steps, builds on the foundation of knowledge.
