PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Odd Future, Sertraline, Determinism

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Stephanie Denison

Document Summary

Scientific literacy: ability to understand, analyze and apply scientific information. 4 different skills: knowledge gathering, scientific explanation, critical thinking, application. Eugenics: good genes should be reproducing exclude criminals from gene pool: william james: father of psychology published principles of psychology. Ian pavlov: classical conditioning: sigmund freud: psychoanalysis, psychoanalysis: psychological approach that tries to explain that behaviour and personality are influenced by the unconscious mind, ulrich neisser: cognitive psychology. Subfields of psychology: humanistic psychology: focuses on the unique aspects of each individual. Given enough information to consent: debriefing. Explaining true means after the study: full consent. Allowed to not participate (can opt out) Module 3: neuropsychology: sensory neurons: fetch information from bodily senses to the brain, motor neurons: carry messages away from the brain towards muscles in order to control flexion and extension. Nucleus acumens: creates pleasurable response: gambling, hunger, limbic system: integrated network involved in emotion/memory formation, amygdala: fear responses and interpreting emotional stimuli.