Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Psych, Wilder Penfield, Karl Lashley

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Explanation of behaviour: cultural & environmental factors o o o (e. g. , value system) Growing up in a culture of violence can cause the person to become violent themselves. * all three factors influence each other and act together as triggers to influence the other. Psychology: the scientific study of behaviour and the mind. Schools of psychology: functionalism o o o o. Focus on the function or significance of behavior. How does a behaviour (or mental process) help us to adapt. Modern examples: psychobiology neuroscience, ethology (watching it in the real world, watching it the behaviour in its natural environment: psychodynamic o o o o o o. Focus on the unconscious experience . the mind . Modern example: brief psychodynamic therapy, unconscious processing: behaviourism o o o o. Modern examples: leaning theories, behaviour modification, being rewarded and punished: gestalt tradition o o o o o. Modern example: cognition, information processing: humanistic tradition o o o o.