PSYC 3P61 Lecture Notes - Luigi Galvani, Tabula Rasa, Pineal Gland

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Behaviour genetics studies role of genetics in behaviour: examine similarities in physical and behavioural characteristics of blood relatives. Cognitive neuroscience attempts to understand cognitive psychological functions by studying brain mechanisms that are responsible for them (cognitive psychology + physiological psychology: study people whose brains have been damaged by natural causes disease, stroke, tumors. Social psychology study of effects people have on each other"s behaviour: explore perception, cause-and-effect relationships, group dynamics, and emotional behaviours (agressions, sexual behaviour) Personality psychology attempts to categorize and understand causes of individual differences in patterns of behaviour: look for causal events in person"s history genetic and environmental. Evolutionary psychology explains behaviour in terms of adaptive advantages that specific behaviours provided during evolution of a species (use natural selection as guiding principle) Interested in studies of behavioural genetics and comparative psychology. Cross-cultural psychology studies effects of culture on behaviour. Clinical psychology devoted to investigation and treatment of abnormal behaviour and mental disorders.

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