PSYCO104- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 68 pages long!)

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO104
• Professor: Claire Scavuzzo

Document Summary

Psychology: study to make inferences about behavior, study brain mind and behavior. Psychologists deal with long term problems like depression, anxiety and ptsd. Counselors are targeted to speci c problems that are meant to not last forever. No need to return back to the counselor. Subjeceve feedback can be done on animal models by inferring animals mind state. Infer what the animal might know or remember. Concerns: human intelligence, language, percepeon, aoeneon, memory, thinking & problem solving. Not limited to humans but most are on humans. Popular study: much easier to see neon in darkness than to see red in darkness. By experimental psychology we found out what color is the easiest for people to perceive when moving really fast. Fire engines are now neon green based on basic research to human problem. Experimental psychologists work in labs and work on humans or animals. Comparing people across their own lifespan as they age.