Class Notes for PSYC 3635 at York University

Chapter 57 – Conservation Biology  Conservation biology – an applied scientific discipline devoted to preserving the diversity of life on Earth ■ modern conservation biology is supported by and integ...

Chapter 13: Motivation and Emotion James Olds and Milner- 1954, discovered pleasure centre in brain of rats through electrical stimulation lever Motivation: a general term for a group of phenomena that affect the nature,...

Development of Asylums  until the end of the crusades in the 15 cen there were very few mental hospitals in Europe  confinement of the ill began in the 15 and 16 cen  leprosarium’s were converted to asyl...

Learned Helplessness: • a response to exposure to an inescapable aversive stimulus, characterized by reduced ability to learn a solvable avoidance task; thought to play a role in the development of some...

Brain Mechanisms of Visual Perception ● perception takes place in brain – optic nerve sends signals to thalamus, which relays information to primary visual cortex (located in occipital lobe), neurons in primary vis...

Email UTSCnotes@gmail.com for all your exam review needs! Page 1 of 7 PSYA02 Textbook Midterm Review Notes - Chapters 10 to 13 Chapter 10: Language Speech and Comprehension • Psycholinguistics: branch of ...

Psychology: The Science of Behaviour • consequences of behaviour on behaviour themselves • Behaviour genetics – studies role of genetics in behaviour o Examine similarities in physical and behavioural characteristic...

Email UTSCnotes@gmail.com for all your exam review needs! Page 1 of 15 PSYA02 Textbook Midterm Review Notes - Chapters 10 to 13 Chapter 11: Intelligence and Thinking • Intelligence: ability to learn, remem...

Structure of Nervous System: ● brain – controls behaviour, processes and retains information we receive from environment, and regulates body's physiological processes  receives information from body's sensory rec...

The Adaptive Significance of Consciousness ● consciousness is awareness of processes in brain, not processes themselves ● consciousness does not exist – humans have ability to be conscious ● most likley explanation for...

Sensory Memory ● not aware – only when presented briefly ● have sensory memory for every modality – 2 main: iconic (visual) and echoic (auditory) Iconic Memory ● iconic memory – sensory memory that holds brief visu...

Lecture #33 Review Ÿ 50 multiple choice questions, 25 lecture, 25 textbook, since last review class=non-cumulative J Ÿ About one question per lecture Personality Ÿ Three fundamental forces Ÿ History of traits, ...

Lecture 32Psychotherapy Part IIICounterintuitive things to learn and discover about process of psychotherapy1997 when prof was 24 on his first internship he has his first patient and a supervisor one Monday he arrived to h...

Three types of scientific research: • Naturalistic observations – observation of behaviour of people or animals in their natural environment o Least formal and constrained by fewest rules o Provide found...

Lecture #28 Mental Disorder (Part II) Ÿ Many ways in defining abnormal, but none of the definitions are complete, many ways of constituting it, but it is hard to cover all that we mean by this term Ÿ Patterns of ...

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permacharts MT Abnormal Psychology 2nd EDITION INTRODUCTION ...

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permacharts TM Developmental Psychologyy 2nd EDITION INFANCY ...