PSYC 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Joyce Davidson

Document Summary

Causal events events that cause other events to occur. Human behavior is the root of the world"s problems. Health related problems often caused by behavior. Physiological psychology examine physiology of behavior, study phenomena that occur in non- human animals as well. Comparative psychology explain behavior by studying members of a variety of species. Behaviour analysis effect of environmental events on behavior interested in learning and motivation. Behaviour genetics role of genetics in behavior. Cognitive psychology study of mental processes and complex behaviours (e. g. perception, attention, learning, memory) Cognitive neuroscience similar to cognitive psych, but attempts to discover brain mechanisms responsible for behaviours. Developmental psychology study of emotional and social development especially in children. Social psychology study of effects of people on people > cause an effect relations, attitudes, opinions, sexual behaviour etc. Personality psychology study of individual differences in temperament and patterns of behavior. Evolutionary psychology looks to explain other aspects of psychology by looking at their adaptive significance.