Biological Approach Mind Map
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Biological Approach
Mind Map
Nikki Shirah
The researchers attempt to physicaly explain behaviors, dreams and emotions
ultimately all behaviors are caused by some biological reason.
The approach
Dement and Kleitman
aim: ademonstrate a relationship between dream content and physiological indicators of dreaming
Dreams
study which explored sleep and dreaming using electronic recording as well as observation and diary methods.
7 males 2 females
Sampled
electrodes attached beside the eyes and on the scalp
went to sleep
woken up at night and asked about dream
Title
Canli et al
Emotions
The connection between activity in the amygdala, and a person's experience of emotional events and their long-term memory for those events is being investigated
Strategy
ten right handed healthy women
findings
results
Participants ratings of emotional intensity reflected the valence and arousal ratings of the scenes.
Amygdala activation was significantly correlated with higher ratings of experienced emotional intensity.
Design
Cognition
aim: emotional experience is a result of both the physiological arousal and the cognitive interpretation of a situation
Strategy
Strategy
Schachter and Singer's findings support their Two-Factor Theory of emotion, which states that the physiological arousal in different emotions is entirely the same and we label our arousal according to the cognitions we have available.
all three hypothesis where true.
Participants
184 male participants
Psychology students at the University of Minnesota