PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-3: Cerebral Hemisphere, Peripheral Nervous System, Inclusive Fitness
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Applied psychology, 15 branch oh psychology concerned with every day, practical problem. Behaviour, 7 behavior refers to any overt (observable) response or activity by an organism. You were able to study anything people say or do. Behaviourism, 7 theoretical orientation based on the premise that scientific psychology should study only observable behavior. Clinical psychology, 15 branch of psychology concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of psychological problems and disorders. Cognition, 16 mental process in acquiring knowledge, involves thinking or conscious experience. Critical thinking, 38 use of cognitive skills and strategies that increase the probability of a desirable outcome. Culture, 29 refers to the widely shared customs, beliefs, values, norms, institutions, and others products of a community that are transmitted social across generations. Empiricism, 28- that knowledge should be acquired through observation, visual interactions to learn. Ethnocentrism, 18 the tendency to view one"s own group as superior to others and as the standard for judging the worth foreign.
