Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Behavioral Neuroscience, Ethology, Cultural Psychology

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Prof

Document Summary

Long past, but a short history -> e. g. Three primary ways -> all interact with one another, each level could influence another. Behaviour can be explained from any level, each of them explains behaviour from three different perspectives: cultural and environmental factors. How did they interpret different materials: biological factors. Looking at how brain and nervous system actually function, biology of human nervous system. Psychology: the scientific study of behaviour and the mind, everything you think, do or say. Functionalism: focus on the function or significance of behaviour, how does a behaviour(or mental process) help us to adapt, primarily biological, but can also be environmental, modern examples: psychobiology, neuroscience and ethology (animal behaviour) Psychodynamic approach (freud: focus on unconscious experience the mind , look for unresolved conflict-> thought that this had a lot to do with how you developed, modern examples: brief psychodynamic therapy, and unconscious processing.