PSYC 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Coronary Artery Disease, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Autonomic Nervous System
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Physiological basis for behaviour: comparative psychology. Compare species to explain behaviors in terms of evolutionary adaptation (mating, aggression: behaviour analysis. Effect of environmental events on behavior (learning, motivation: behaviour genetics. Role of genetics in behavior-genes are blueprint for brain: cognitive psychology. Complex behaviors and mental processes (attention, learning, memory: cognitive neuroscience. Particular brain mechanisms responsible for cognitive processes: developmental psychology. Physical, cognitive, emotional and social development of children: social psychology. Effects of people on peoples behavior: personality psychology. Individual difference in pattern of behavior: evolutionary psychology. Adaptive advantages that specific behaviors provided during evolution- natural selection: cross-cultural psychology. Impact of culture on behavior: clinical psychology. Animism is the belief that all animals and all moving objects posses spirits providing their moving force. Dualism is that reality can be divided into mind and matter. Pineal body is hypothesized site of interactions between mind and body. Imperialism is all knowledge is obtained through the senses.
