Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Ethology, Time Management, Psych

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Preparing for mc exams: sept 19, 4:30-5:40 b & g 0165. Strategies for psych 1000: sept 25, 5:30-6:30 spencer engineering 1200. Facebook site: the official psych 1000 facebook group. ** do not memorize psychologists" names and dates Cultural & environmental factor: value system, each culture behaves differently, physical environment makes difference. E. g, the hotter it is, the more frustrated and aggressive people get. Individual & psychological factors: cognitive processing, how you think, learning, understanding individual behavior, each individual responds to things differently based on learning history. Biological factors: neural, hormonal, understand what"s triggering and going on by looking at biological structures. They all have explanation to a certain behavior. Each explanation is right on its own level. They are just different ways of explaining behavior. Psychology: the scientific study of behavior and the mind (pg. Focus on the function or significance of behavior. How does a behavior (or mental process) help us to adapt.