01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Psychometrics

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: Professor Marvasti

Document Summary

Nature-nurture issue: the longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors. Today"s science sees traits and behaviors arising from the interaction of the two. Natural selection: the principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations. Levels of analysis: the differing complementary views, from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given phenomenon. Biopsychosocial approach: an integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis. Biological psychology: a branch of psychology concerned with the links between biology and behavior. Evolutionary psychology: the study of the roots of behavior and mental processes using the principles of natural selection. Psychodynamic psychology: a branch of psychology that studies how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior, and uses that information to treat people with psychological disorders.