PSYCH 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Retina, Interneuron, Hypnosis

• School: UMASS-Amherst
• Department: Psychology & Brain Sciences
• Course: PSYCH 100
• Professor: tamararahhal

Document Summary

Psychology: scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Encompasses emotions, thoughts, perceptions, reasoning processes, memories, biological activities. Behavioral genetics: inheritance of traits related to behavior experimental psychology: perceiving etc. Behavioral neuroscience: how bodies influence behavior cognitive psychology: higher mental processes: thinking etc. Evolutionary psychology: behavior influence by genetic inheritance from ancestors. Clinical neuropsychology: unites areas of neuroscience and clinical psychology, origin of psychological disorders in biological factors. Phd: research degree psyd: treatment of psychological disorders psychiatrists: physicians specialize in treatment of psychological disorders. Structuralism: wundt"s approach focuses uncovering fundamental mental components of consciousness, thinking, other mental states and activities. Introspection: procedure used to study the structure of mind in which subjects asked describe detail what experiencing when exposed to stimulus. What mind does and behavior functions and adapt to environments. Gestalt psychology: emphasizes organization of perception and thinking a whole rather than individual. Margaret floy washburn first woman to receive doctorate in psychology animal behavior.