PSYCH 100 Lecture Notes - Industrial And Organizational Psychology, Doctor Of Psychology, Gestalt Psychology

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

Document Summary

Psychology is the study of behavior an mental processes. Encompasses thoughts, emotions, perceptions, reasoning processes and memories. Psychologists predict/describe human behavior and mental processes while helping to change and improve the lives of people and the world in general. Behavioral neuroscience examines how the brain and the nervous system determine behavior. Experimental psychology studies the process of sensing, perceiving, learning and thinking about the world: cognitive psychology focuses on higher mental processes including thinking, memory, reasoning, memory, judging, decision making, etc. Developmental psychology how people grow and change from the moment of conception through death. Personality psychology focuses on the consistency in people"s behavior over time and the traits that differentiate one person from another. Healthy psychology explores the relationship between psychological factors and physical ailments and disease. Clinical psychology study of diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders. Counselor psychologists focus on educational, social and career adjustment problems.