PSYC 1001 Study Guide - Ata Language

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1001
• Professor: John Weekes

Document Summary

Psychology - the science that studies behaviour and the psychological and cognitive processes that underlie it, and its the profession that applies that accumulated knowledge of this science to practical problems. What is psychology: behaviour, affect, cognition (consciousness) Undergraduate training in science or social science (b. a/b. sc. ) Graduate level training in psychology (masters and/or ph. d. ) Functionalism based on the belief that psychology should investigate the function or pusposes of consciousness, rather than its structure. Structural functionalism focused on how people adapt their behaviours to the demands of society. Behaviourism based on the premise that scientific psychology should study only observable psychology. Sigmund freud unconscious contains thought, memories, and desires that are well below the surface of conscious awareness. Psychoanalytical theory attempts to explain personality, motivation, and mental disorders by focusing on the unconscious determents of behaviour. Radical behaviourism organisms tend to repeat responses that lead to positive outcomes, they tend not to repeat behaviours that lead to negative outcomes.