PSYC 1005 Study Guide - Final Guide: Secondary Sex Characteristic, Primitive Reflexes, Social Comparison Theory

• School: CU Denver
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1005
• Professor: leonard,skyler

Document Summary

Chapter 1 answers: psychology is the scientific study of the mind, brain, and behavior, social, behavioral, mental, neurological/ physiological, neurochemical, and molecular, this example is from class: Using depression as an example within each level: Social level: loss of important relationships, lack of support, or social isolation. Another possible example would be a strained relationship with parents. Behavioral level: difficulty sleeping, lack of appetite, talking slowly, or withdrawing from previously enjoyed activities. Mental level: depressed thoughts, sad feelings, or thoughts of suicide. Neurological/physiological level: differences in size and functioning of brain structures. Molecular level: differences in genetics that predispose people to depression. People"s thoughts, e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)s, a(cid:374)d pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)alities pe(cid:396)tai(cid:374) to ea(cid:272)h i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual. People are influences by other people and their environments. Individual differences: height, weight, reactions: the belief that we see the world precisely as it actually is in truth. Mis(cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)eptio(cid:374) #(cid:1005): (cid:862)a theo(cid:396)(cid:455) e(cid:454)plai(cid:374)s o(cid:374)e spe(cid:272)ifi(cid:272) e(cid:448)e(cid:374)t(cid:863) Reality: explains a great deal of observations and phenomenon.