PSY 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Informed Consent, Psych
12 Feb 2017
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Behavioral approach --> psychological perspective concerned with behavioral reactions to stimuli; learning as a result of experience. Biological approach --> an approach to psychology focusing on the body, especially the brain and nervous system. Gestalt approach --> most perceptual stimuli can be broken down into figure-ground relationships. Humanistic approach --> we are all motivated to reach our full potential. Meta analysis --> the analysis of many different experiments. Multicultural perspective --> what is true in one culture is not always true in the other. Personality definition --> stable characteristics that differentiate one person from another. Psychoanalytic approach --> psychological perspective concerned with how unconscious instincts, conflicts, motives, and defenses influence behavior. Scientific method --> observation--> theory--> hypothesis--> test it--> modify or find more support. Social psych definition --> scientific study of interactions between two or more people. Ways in which our thoughts, feelings, and actions are influenced by the social environment.
