PSYCH 1X03 : Psychology question bank.docx

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 1X03
• Professor: Joe Kim

Document Summary

The mind is outside the domain of science, and measures of it are not possible. Analyzing the mental processes of the mind is essential to understanding human behaviour. C) the mind is the basis of the learning methodologies proposed by watson. Since the mind is a black box that cannot be objectively measured, models are necessary to make inferences about the mind from observed behaviour. Dr. smith is a social psychologist interested in problem solving. Patients with depression may obsess about a negative perception of their lives. This obsession can lead to a physiological change of the hippocampus (a brain area responsible for forming and retrieving memories). As a result, these patients form a bias towards negative memories. Evolutionary psychologists study populations that lived millions of years ago while developmental psychologists look at the generations currently living. Evolutionary psychologists study behaviour as an individual changes from a parent to a grandparent while developmental psychologists study newborns.