Psychology 1000 Chapter : Chapter Notes 1-4.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Terry Biggs

Document Summary

Clinical psychology: study and treatment of mental disorders; diagnose and treat in clinics, hospitals, and private practice. Cognitive psychology: study of mental processes, especially from a model that views the mind as an information processor; examine consciousness, attention, memory, decision making, and problem solving; sub-area- psycholinguistics focuses on the psychology of language. Biopsychology: biological underpinnings of behaviour; examine how brain processes, genes, and hormones influence our actions, thoughts, and feelings; some try to explain how evolution has shaped our psychological capabilities. Development psychology: examines human physical, psychological, and social development across the lifespan. Experimental psychology: basic processes as learning, sensory systems, perception, and motivational states; subfield- experimental psychology: laboratory experiments. Industrial- organizational (i/o) psychology: examines people"s behaviour in the workplace; study leadership, teamwork, and factors that influence employees" job satisfaction, work motivation, and performance. Personality psychology: the study of human personality; seek to identify core personality traits and hoe different traits relate to one another and influence behaviour.