PSYCH101 Lecture : Psychology 101 Notes intro psych notes.. first lecture!

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Richard Ennis

Document Summary

*look at person and what they"re doing who and what. Why are these people doing these things what are the outcomes. We are always a part of an environment which always influences us. Environment may influence the behaviours of the people ie prejudice, wouldn"t want to express themselves in front of the wrong crowd. A person interacting with a specific environment influences behaviours. Person interacting with environment = p x e. Affect feeling mood, (ie prejudice negative feeling against a specific group) Behaviour the way we behave (ie- prejudice. Cognition mental component, thoughts, ideas, beliefs, decision making , takes place inside head , the way we think about something ( ie prejudice stereotyping, the way we think about different people or groups) Couldn"t have a theory without the three components. Founder of psycho dynamic all in person variable mind, unconscious of person.