What is social neuroscience

  • What is social neuroscience?
  • How does the field of social neuroscience contribute to our understanding of various social behaviors?
  • How do you think social neuroscience could contribute to discipleship & growth in godly behaviors & decision making?

 

The textbook defines social neuroscience as “The study of how genes, chemicals, and brain areas contribute to social behavior, is a relatively new area of study, but one that excites growing enthusiasm. We shall consider two topics, love and altruism” (Kalat, 2019). However, Perspectives on Psychological Science defines social neuroscience and the meaning as “The goal of social neuroscience is to identify biological mechanisms and to specify the influences between social and neural structures and processes.” (Cacioppo & Cacioppo, 2013). Personally, I believe that social neuroscience is the process of how the brain attempts to break down social experiences along with behaviors.

The field of social neuroscience contributes to our understanding of various social behaviors. There have been great perspectives and attempts to distribute knowledge into the reflection of social neuroscience. This is a wonder thing considering the fact that this allows us now in the present to understand, as well as those in the future. There have been great attempts and to understand factors that make social neuroscience understandable to others in the field of study. Together this has allowed for students, such as us in this course to explore the research performed on this top of neuroscience today.

Social neuroscience could contribute to discipleship and growth in godly behaviors and decision making. Just as social neuroscience is the process of how the brain attempts to break down social experiences along with behaviors, it also allows one to think and break down spiritual experiences. This leads to the life of a Christian, and as a Christian comes growth in godly behaviors and decision making as long as one follows the word of God. The Bible says “And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”” (The Holy Bible, Matthew 28:18-20).

References:

Cacioppo, J. T., & Cacioppo, S. (2013). Social neuroscience. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 8(6), 667-669. doi:10.1177/1745691613507456

Kalat, J. W. (2019). Biological Psychology (13th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage. ISBN: 9780357096345.

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Students are expected to read assigned material before class meetings

Students are expected to read assigned material before class meetings. You will need to do one report and make a presentation on a subject of your choosing. You will need to include the references you used to complete your report. These presentations can be presented and submitted beginning Wednesday 9-21-16. These presentations will be the basis for student discussion on current developments in psychology. See Canvas, class rubrics, and Semester Project Matrix Fall 2016 for breakdown on points awarded. You may use i.e. PowerPoint, videos, books, online presentation, etc. Presentations need to be spell-checked, typed, and stapled – no written presentations will be accepted. If you make an online presentation make sure it is saved on the cloud i.e. OneDrive. It is recommended that you use Prezi.com or OneDrive.com for your presentation and make sure your presentation has no delays in it to allow the other students their equal time. NO FLASH DRIVES WILL BE AUTHORIZED. If you do not turn in a summary for your presentation you will not receive any points for your presentation. Each chapter has different critical thinking exercises and only the critical thinking exercises on Canvas will be authorized. Assignments will not be accepted beyond the due dates indicated on Canvas so it is highly recommended you complete your assignments as soon as you can. To assist you in completing the critical thinking exercises please refer to the “Teaching Package: Print Supplements,” of the textbook where it makes available such things as the Companion Web site, study guides, articles, books, videos, PowerPoint activities, Digital Media Archives, CD-ROMs,
DVD’s, Brain Modules, short clips, etc. You may also use our library for more information. See Canvas, class rubric, and Semester Project Matrix Fall 2016 for breakdown on points awarded.One sentence critical thinking exercises will NOT be accepted. Please follow Canvas, class rubric and class resources as a guide to help you!

Basically, you need to research a topic in psychology and make a presentation on it. You could select i.e. Insomnia, ADHD, Personality Psychology, or any other topic – have at least 2 or 3 sources and put this on Power Point or on OneDrive.com and turn in your summary at the end of your presentation. We covered this several times in class but your high absence prevented you from getting all this information. At this point it is probably to late to put all this together and present as tomorrow is the deadline to make your presentation. All I can say is submit at least a written copy to me tomorrow as you probably won’t have time to present in class and I can see how many points I can award you. You will not be able to get the 100 points authorized but something is better than nothing.

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make sure to include information from the course (use the book as the reference)

1)make sure to include information from the course (use the book as the reference) to expand on the concepts presented in the articles. YOU MUST REFERENCE COURSE MATERIAL.

2) Summarize (about 1.5 double spaced pages each) the article and be sure to include how it relates to the topic covered in class.
3) Make sure that you include in-text citations along with a reference page -in proper APA style.  You should have references for the book and the articles

article1: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/22/health/depression-treatment-research.html?fbclid=IwAR12e2GJuxuAQ-XvFTz7LWW9dQ1_XVvVI5JHoXSpQsfxPPQOeTeSIYsu3pg

article2: https://www.bustle.com/p/grief-depression-are-different-but-heres-how-the-line-between-them-gets-blurred-according-to-experts-8012849?fbclid=IwAR3ow76oWxdIe4paNFYi15qUgXWHIDaJ4n76Y2y361uP5J6gkwJB19Gubp0

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