PSYC 1001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: James Gleick, Wilhelm Wundt, Human Behaviour
22 Mar 2017
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Psychology is the science that studies behaviour and the physiological and cognitive processes that underlie it. Psychology is the profession that applies the accumulated knowledge of this science to practical problems. James gleick (his 1987 book) chaos: making a new science. Research in psychology: trying to understand behaviour Three levels of analysis: human nature (we are like all others, group diferences (we are like some others) Individual uniqueness (we are like no others: fields of psychology, two main areas of psychology. Research psychologists who are studying people (or animals) to try and determine basic human characteristics (inluences on behaviour) Applied therapists and other psychologists who are using the knowledge gained through research to make a diference in the real world. Areas of specialization why: relects historical development, also a result of the need for specialization, textbook chapter 1. Historical development of the diferent schools of thought within. Neo-analytical: cognitive, behavioural neuroscience, evolutionary, sociocultural (social &
