PSYC1003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Parenting Styles, Behaviorism, Interpersonal Attraction
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The world of psychology: an overview psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Subfields of psychology there are hundreds of topics available for the study of behavior and mental processes. The biological factors underlying our behavior are the concern of biological or physiological psychologists. How genetics, brain structures, and hormones affect our behavior are topics addressed by biological psychologists. Developmental psychologists explore the causes and effects of changes in behavior and mental processes over the life span. Developmental psychologists study children"s friendships, parenting styles and outcomes, and changes in thinking abilities. Cognitive psychologists study processes underlying perception, motivation, emotion, memory, problem solving, and other aspects of human thought. Engineering psychologists study human factors in the use of equipment, and work to design better versions of that equipment. Personality psychologists study the qualities that make people unique and explore relationships among personality characteristics, behavior, and mental processes.
