PSYC 1020H- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 60 pages long!)
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Arrive on time and stay till the end. Bonus 4. 5% by participating in studies (see blackboard) What is psychology: scienti c study of behaviour and the mind, greek: psyche - soul/mind logos - study. Psychometrics, personality, developmental, social, educational, health, other, physiological, experimental, cognitive. What are ppl feeling and when: explain. Theories about mind-body links + evidence for mind-body links, scienti c method. Wilhelm wundt-considered the father of psychology: established the rst experimental lab in leipzig, germany (1879, applied scienti c method and systematic experimentation. Looking inward at yourself and reporting on ones own conscious. Edward titchener was his student and took his work to america. 3 components of emotion= physiological response + subjective experience + Natural selection: constant struggle for existence, some traits are better adapted to deal with challenges, organisms with these features are more likely to reproduce/survive, these genes get passed on. Fear: you"re in danger some how . deal with the threat or get to safety.