PSY100Y5 Final: EXAM Review Key Terms for Chapters 1 - 16 as well as some main ideas for each chapter
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Key terms applied psychology: branch of psychology concerned with everyday, practical problems. Selected over time positive psychology: uses theory and research to better understand the positive, adaptive, creative, and fulfilling aspects of human existence. Psychoanalysis: treating people troubled with psychological problems (irrational fears, obsessions, and anxieties) Work with patients and own self-exploration made him realize of the existence of the unconscious. Psychological disturbances are largely caused by personal conflict existing at the uncon level. People aren"t masters of their own minds, behaviour is greatly influenced by how people cope with their sexual urges. Studied motivation, personality, and abnormal behaviour: stanley hall. Helped establish apa (american psychological association) and was first president. Established importance between physiological and neuropsychological perspectives & paved the way for recent cognitive revolution in psychology. Emphasized the importance of the brain (locus of behaviour) Repeated stimulation leads to the development of cell assemblies facilitates behavior.
