PSYCH 100 Lecture 1: Intro to Psych Notes-all lectures

• School: UMASS-Amherst
• Department: Psychology & Brain Sciences
• Course: PSYCH 100
• Professor: bickford

Document Summary

What do psychologists study: affecting behavior in a given context. The scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those. Behaviors , thoughts, emotions, perceptions, reasoning processes, memories, biological activities. Businesses, universities, independent practice, schools/other educational settings, hospitals/health service, government. Analyze the adult mind (defined as the sum total of experience from birth to the present) in terms of the simplest definable components and then to find the way in which these components fit together in complex forms Process of observing the operations of one"s own mind with a view to discovering the laws that govern the mind. Mental states are constituted by their causal relations to one another and to sensory inputs and behavioral outputs. Whether behaviors come naturally or are learned over time. Conscious vs unconscious causes of behavior: how much of our behavior is produced by forces we are fully aware of vs. how much is caused by unconscious activity.