PSYC 102- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 35 pages long!)

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 102
• Professor: Russell Day

Document Summary

Study guide lenses depends on your perspective a way of looking at human behaviour. Psychology is the study of behaviour and the mind. Psychodynamic humanist behaviourist cognitive biological (including evolutionary) sociocultural. Sigmund freud the unconscious drives original sin/basic goodness maturation to development individual to group thoughts to behaviours. Psychological capacities evolve (in a sociohistorical context). behaviour is determined by multiple cause. Our behaviour is shaped by our cultural heritage. Heredity and environment jointly influence behaviour. our experience of the world is highly subjective. psychology is theoretically diverse. people are motivated toward growth and self-actualization. How did they enhance reproductive success? humans are rational problem-solvers structuralism functionalism. Gestalt psychology piaget- children william james unified whole positive psychology movement watson: see only behaviour! skinner-environment is everything bandura"s cognitive behaviourism reinforcement. Environmental psychology is a "hub" science context (social psychology) Neuroscience and evolutionary psychodynamic, humanist, cognitive and ?? (he put that there) behavioural and sociocultural.