Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Job Satisfaction, Behaviorism, Pessimism

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Mark Holden

Document Summary

The scientific study of behaviour and the mind. Clinical psychologists diagnose and treat people with mental disorders. Clinical psychology: research on the causes of mental disorders. Cognitive psychologists examine topics such as: consciousness, attention, memory, decision making, and problem solving. The study of mental processes, especially from a model that views the mind as an. Biopsychologists examine how brain processes, genes, and hormones influence. Examines human physical, psychological, and social development across the. Focuses on such basic processes as learning, sensory systems (eg vision, hearing), perception, and motivational states (eg sexual motivation, hunger, thirst). leadership, teamwork, and factors that influence employees job satisfaction, work motivation, and performance. Personality psychology: personality traits and how different traits relate to one another and influence. Social psychologists study how people influence one another, behave in groups, Examines people thoughts, feelings, and behaviour pertaining to the social world. and form impressions and attitudes. Empirical evidence: evidence gained through experience (deu pic)