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1 psychology
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Which 3 sciences of mental life are there?
-cognition: knowledge and beliefs
-emotion: affections, moods, feelings
-motivation: motives, needs, desires, goals -
What is meant with psychology = behavioral science?
Howindividualsinteractwitheachother and the worldthey live in -
What is the base of psychology?
Mentalismor mental causation
Mental state: Action as Cause: Effect -
What is the cognitive explanation of buying a cola?
–I knowCola tastesgood (Knowledge beliefs)§ -
What is the emotional explanation of buying a cola?
–When I drink Cola I feel happy (affections, moods, feelings) -
What is the motivational explanation of buying a cola?
–I want Cola becauseI’mthirsty (motives, needs, goals) -
What is psychology for social science? and which 4 things do we research?
The individual in society
-Socialinteraction
-How we understandothers
-Socialinfluence(persons/groups)
-Personality -
What are the 4 bioscience aspects of psychology?
The brain is the physical base of the mind
-Neurology
-Otherbodilysystems: endocrine system (hormones) and immune system
-Genetics
-Evolutionairybiology -
How is psychology used in physics?
Psychophysica: Physic stimuli in relation to the psychological state
Brainscanning (MRI) -
What are the 3 levels of behavior explanation?
- Sociological: membership of groups, roleswithinsocietalgroups, etc.
- Psychological: individual mental state
- Biofysical: underlyingbiological and physicalprocesses (neurotransmitters, hormones, genes, etc).
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