PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Sigmund Freud, Maria Montessori, James Mill
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Psychology: the scientific study of the causes of behaviour; also, the application of the findings of psychological research to the solution of problems. Causal event: an event that causes another event to occur. Physiological psychology: the branch of psychology that studies the physiological basis of behaviour. Comparative psychology: the branch of psychology that studies the behaviours of a variety of organisms in an attempt to understand the adaptive and functional significance of the behaviours and their relation to evolution. Behavioural analysis: the branch of psychology that studies the effect of the environment on behaviour-primarily, the effects of the consequences of behaviours on behaviours themselves. Behavioural genetics: the branch of psychology that studies the role of genetics in behaviour. Cognitive psychology: the branch of psychology that studies complex behaviours and mental processes such as perception, attention, learning, and memory, verbal behaviour, concept formation, and problem solving.
