PSYC 2660 Study Guide - Final Guide: Alpine Skiing, Sport Psychology, Figure Skating Jumps

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2660
• Professor: Martin Garry

Document Summary

Behaviour is anything a person says or does. Technically, behaviour is any muscular, glandular, or electrical activity of any organism. Examples: sliding into first base, dunking a basketball, sprinting towards a goal on a breakaway. They use them to refer to causes of behaviour. Example: martine isn"t a team player because she always has a negative attitude. Illustrate a behavioural interpretation of one of the term with reference to an example. Terms like intelligence, attitude, and personality from a behavioural perspective are viewed as labels for the behaviour rather than some thing within us that causes a behaviour. Example: consider martine is the above example, negative attitude doesn"t explain why she is a team player but is a label. She could not be a team player because she never helps her team mates, she never has positive comments to give to them, and she rarely shows up for practices. The behaviour is the important part not the labels.