[PSYC 1020H] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 64 pages long Study Guide!

• School: Trent University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1020H
• Professor: Bond Barbara

Document Summary

Definition of psychology: the scientific study of behaviour and mental processes. 7 modern approaches (each explain, predicts and changes/controls behaviour and mental processes in a different way: evolutionary. How natural selection, adaptation, and evolution influence current behaviour and mental processes: psychodynamic. Childhood experiences very important in explaining behaviour (cid:498)bad(cid:499) wishes & thoughts repressed to the unconscious and influence behaviour and mental processes: sociocultural. Studies the influence of culture and social interaction. How ethnicity, religion, occupation, and socioeconomic status influence behaviour and mental processes: humanistic. We all strive for self-actualization (cid:498)be all that you can be! (cid:499: behavioural. How reinforcements (rewards) and punishments influence our behaviour: neuroscience. Genes, hormones and nervous system influence behaviour and mental processes: cognitive information influence our behaviour and mental processes. How our thoughts, perception, & the way we process: (cid:523)every psychologist studies (uman behaviour (cid:494)n cognition(cid:495)(cid:524) Can you distinguish between psychobabble and empirical psychology: psychobabble confirms unsupported popular opinion.