PSYCH101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Neurotransmitter Receptor, Sensory Neuron, Sleep Paralysis

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Richard Ennis

Document Summary

Psychodynamic: focuses on the person, subconscious forces. Behaviourism: focuses on behavior, overt responses. Sociocultural: focuses on environment, groups, society, culture. Cognitive: focuses on the person, thought and perception. Biological: focuses on the person, brain, evolution, genetics. Low self-esteem and depression: low self-esteem could lead to depression, depression could lead to low self-esteem, distressing events and biology could cause both. Psychodynamic: primary biological need is sex, secondary emotional need is attachment. Behaviourist: primary biological need is survival, secondary emotional need is attachment. Experiment: monkeys given two surrogate mothers, one made of wire, the other covered in fur. One mother feeds them, infant should grow attached to the mother that provides it with food. The monkeys always grew attached to the furry mother because they spent most time with that mother, and only went to the other mother for help. Emotional attachment is a primary motivational need that serves evolutionary purposes: pit of despair when raised in isolation, they die.