Psychology 2075 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Electroencephalography, Monism

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Psychology - the scientiic study of behaviour and the factors that inluence it. Taking into account biological, individual and environmental factors. Basic and applied science: two types of research, basic research: knowledge gained purely for its own sake. The goals are to describe how people behave and to identify factors that inluence it. Uses principles discovered via basic research to solve practical problems. Goals of psychology: four basic goals: deupic, describe how people and animals behave, explain and understand the causes of the behaviour, predict how people and animals behave under certain conditions. Inluence or control the behaviour through knowledge and control of causes. Importance of perspectives: diverse viewpoints allows for enriched understanding of behaviour and its causes, six diferent perspectives: biological, cognitive, psychodynamic, behavioural, humanistic, and sociocultural. In 1929, invention of electroencephalogram (eeg) allowed researchers to measure electrical activity of large areas of brain.