Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 98: Sociobiology, Belongingness, Behavior Modification

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: John Campbell

Document Summary

Clinical psychology: the study and treatment of mental disorders. Cognitive psychology: specializes in the study of mental processes. Psychology: scientific study of behavior and the mind. Biopsychology: focus on how brain processes, genes, hormones. Personality psychology: study of human personality, how traits. 4 central goals of psychology: (1) to describe people & animal behavior (2) to explain & understand the causes of this behavior (3) to predict how people & animals behave under certain conditions. Pitfalls of everyday approaches: (1) mental shortcuts (2) alternative explanations (3) confirmation bias. * in principle, science ultimately is a self-correcting process. Pseudoscience: astrology, graphology, rump ology, etc. with lack of (4) to influence or control behavior through knowledge & control of its. *if we understand the causes of a behavior & know of the. Basic research: quest for knowledge itself (used to describe how.