PSYCH101 Lecture : Modules 1-4, 6-8, 13-16 Since a lot of the midterm material was not covered in the lectures, this is a document of all the key points that are from the textbook that you should know for the miderm as well as the final exam. more than 1

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Amanda Clark

Document Summary

Discover the structure of the mind through introspection: reporting elements of experience. How our mental and behavioural processes function (thinking was developed because it as adaptive for survival) An objective science (observe people"s behaviours as they respond to different things) Humanistic psychology rather than early childhood, emphasized the importance of current environmental influences on our growth (how we need love and acceptance) Cognitive neuroscience study of brain activity linked with mental activity. Psychology science of behaviour and mental processes. Biopsychosocial approach considers the influences of biological, psychological, and social-cultural factors in analysis. Hindsight bias tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that we would have foreseen it. Common sense more easily describes what has happened than what will happen. Critical thinking examining assumptions, discerning hidden values, evaluating evidence. Culture enduring behaviours, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a group of people. Theory explains through an integrated set of principles that organizes observations and predicts behaviours or events.