PSYCH 1X03 Final: Psychology 1X03 Notes - Copy
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What is psychology: psychologists work in many different settings and are employed by a variety of institutions, there are also many psychologists that go to work and never see patients (ex. Experimental psychologists: study of ourselves: by systematically studying everyday phenomenon, we gain critical insight into our own behavior. Psychology teaches us about how we think, interact and grow: psychology was a starting poirint for formally exploring issues of human thought and behaviour. Psychology in our lives: psychology hosts several schools of thoughts, approaching a problem like a psychology requires you to hone your skills for thinking critically about information. Resulted in different sensory experiences: helmholtz- measured the speed of nerve impulses, florens- used a technique to systematically destroy different regions of an animal"s brain. By this method, he learned which brain regions control heart rate, breathing, and processing of visual and auditory reflexes.
