Levels of Analysis

1. Sociology, anthropology, economics, etc.

A. macro – larger group (e.g. country, community)

B. micro – smaller group (e.g. family)

2. Psychology – the individual person or animal

3. Biology / physiology

A. whole organism

B. parts of the organism (e.g. the heart)

C. cellular

D. molecular

4. Neuroscience (subset of biology / physiology focusing specifically on the nervous system)

A. the nervous system

B. parts of the nervous system (e.g. the frontal lobe)

C. neural networks

D. single neurons

5. Chemistry (groups of atoms)

6. Physics (atoms and parts of atoms)