PSY 3123 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Natural Selection, Nonverbal Communication, Attachment Theory

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3123
• Professor: Gagnon Mathieu

Document Summary

Importance of family relationships: family relationships are universal. Everyone is part of a family relationship in some shape or form: family relationships are very powerful. Most highlights in your life involve family. Most bad experiences also may involve family since you spend the most time with them (e. g. divorce, abuse, etc : family relationships have health consequences. Brain damage (abuse), sicknesses (transferred amongst family), emotional pain (divorce), marital quality has an effect on heart failure. Common sense is like a series of rules to follow. We may not know what these rules are until we break them (example: talking in a high voice in class but talking in a lower voice at home). The problem with common sense is that it can lead to one side of an argument. In this course, we want to avoid using common sense: avoiding common sense, skepticism. Doubting or critiquing: ruling out alternative explanations.