PSYCHOLOGY AND THE BRAIN
When answering the question ‘What makes us who we are?’, psychologists put forward a range of explanations about why people feel, think and behave the way they do. Just when psychologists seem to understand one bit of ‘who we are’, up pops some new evidence to show a different side! It is not easy to pin down all the many influences. This section will look at a number of different explanations that psychologists put forward in their attempts to understand why people feel, think and behave the way they do.
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2-1 Studying People
2-2 A Brain of Two Halves
2-3 Organisation and Improved Recall