Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Terror Management Theory, Gestalt Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

Document Summary

Applied research: research involving the application of scientific knowledge to solve practical problems. Involves the application of knowledge derived from basic research. Artificial intelligence: the field within cognitive science that attempts to develop computer simulations of human mental processes. Basic research: research designed to obtain knowledge for its own sake. Behaviour genetics: the scientific study of the role of genetic inheritance in behaviour. Behaviour modification: therapeutic procedures based on operant conditioning principles, such as positive reinforcement, operant extinction, and punishment. Biological perspective: perspective that focuses on the role of biological factors in behaviour, including biochemical and brain processes as well as genetic and evolutionary factors. Behaviourism: school of psychology that emphasizes the role of learning and environmental control over behaviour, and maintains that the proper subject matter of psychology is observable behaviour; John watson and b. f. skinner were major figures in behaviourism.