PSYC 1000 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Memory, Cerebral Cortex, Visual Field
20 Nov 2018
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Psychology is defined as the specific study of mental processes and behavior. Mental processes: internal subjective experience inferred from behavior, activities of our brain when engaged in thinking, observing the environment and using language. Mental process and behavior when studied have one of four goals in mind. Description: describe very specifically the things that they observe. Explanation: telling what, where, when and how isn"t enough they search for why develop hypotheses and theories. Prediction: seek to predict the circumstance under which a variety of behaviors and mental process are likely to occur. Control: we often encounter situations in which we limit in increase certain behavior and mental process are likely to occur controlling our behavior. Culture: a set of common beliefs, practices, values and a history that transmits across generation. Chemistry: compound and elements within the biological systems. The brain: how brain cells activity differs from person to person.
