PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sq3R, Attribution Bias, Psychometrics

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

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Thursday september 7, 2017: formal definition of psychology, the empirical method, careers in psychology, formal definition, psychology, scientific study of behaviour and its causes. Psychologists study: how you act (behaviour/overt) observable, how you think (mental/covert) not observable, how you feel (covert + overt, how your brain + body respond (physiological/covert) Mind-body questions: why learn about the brain, how does it work, do we have control over it, is the mind reducible to biological mechanisms, two communication systems within the body, endocrine, glands and hormones, nervous, neurons and neurotransmitters. First major communicating system within the body: basic building block: hormones released in bloodstream regulate basic body processes. Pituitary: (brain: the master gland ; produces hormones that influence secretions of the thyroid, pancreas, adrenals, and gonads; also secretes growth hormones. Thyroid: (throat area: produces hormones that regulate metabolic rate. Adrenal glands: control salt and carbohydrate metabolism; secrete hormones active in arousal and sleep. Pancreas: produces insulin and glucogen to control sugar metabolism.