psy290- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 73 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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Applied psychology: the branch of psychology concerned with everyday practical problems. Behaviour: any overt (observable) response or activity by an organism. Behaviourism: theoretical orientation based on the premise that scientific psychology should only study observable behaviour. Biological psychology: an organism"s functioning can be explained in terms of the bodily structures and biochemical processes that underlie behaviour. Clinical psychology: the branch of psychology concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of psychological problems and disorders. Cognition: the mental processes involved in acquiring knowledge. Counselling psychology: job: interviewing, testing, and providing therapy work to provide people struggling with everyday problems of moderate severity. Thus, they often specialize in family, marital, or career counselling. Critical thinking: is the use of cognitive skills and strategies that increase the probability of a desirable outcome. Culture: the widely shared customs, beliefs, values, norms, institutions, and other products of a community that are transmitted socially across generations. Developmental psychologist: looks at human development across the life span.
