PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Primitive Reflexes, Estrous Cycle, Homicide

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Brenda Baird

Document Summary

Overview: what is applied psychology: nature, nurture, and human diversity, developing through the life span. Broadly, psychology is split into two camps: basic psychology, applied psychology. Basic psychology (also known as experimental psychology) is a basic science which deals with different aspects of the study of behaviour. Basic psychology includes: learning, perception, cognition, memory, development, etc. By contrast, applied psychology concerns the applications of experimental psychology to practical issues. Applied psychology includes: clinical psychology, industrial psychology, and other ways in which the individual fits into a societal context. Each of us exhibits a behavioural repertoire that is, a variety of behaviours that are part of socialising, mating, getting food, getting shelter, holding a job, maintaining a relationship, and all the other things that humans do. O(cid:374)e of the (cid:395)uestio(cid:374)s that has (cid:271)ee(cid:374) (cid:272)e(cid:374)t(cid:396)al to ps(cid:455)(cid:272)holog(cid:455) fo(cid:396) de(cid:272)ades is the (cid:862)(cid:374)atu(cid:396)e- (cid:374)u(cid:396)tu(cid:396)e(cid:863) question. We"ll (cid:272)o(cid:374)side(cid:396) (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iou(cid:396) ge(cid:374)eti(cid:272)s and its relation to psychology.