PSY 105 Lecture Notes - Homeostasis

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 105
• Professor: Kristin Vickers

Document Summary

Psychology is the scientific study of mental processes and behaviour. The term also refers to the application of knowledge to various realms of human life, including mental dysfunction, education and business. Mental processes is the activities of our brain when engaged in thinking, observing the environment and using language. Include complex experiences such as joy, love and act of lying. Behaviour is our observable actions of an organism often in reaction to something. Four goals of psychology when studying mental processes and behaviour: Seek to describe very specifically the things that were observed. Who, what, when, where, and most importantly why. Strive to learn, and to explain the question. Seek to predict the circumstances under which a variety of behaviours and mental processes are likely to occur (usually results taken from the findings in description and explanation in attempts to do more research on a certain subject) Take results and give advice on controlling behaviours amongst society.