PSY 1101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Anxiety Disorder, Infant, Clinical Psychology
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Overview: what is applied psychology: nature, nurture, and human diversity, developing through the life span, intelligence, stress and health, personality, psychological disorders, therapy, social psychology, what is applied psychology, b(cid:396)oadl(cid:455), ps(cid:455)(cid:272)holog(cid:455) is split i(cid:374)to t(cid:449)o (cid:272)a(cid:373)ps: Applied psychology: basi(cid:272) ps(cid:455)(cid:272)holog(cid:455) (cid:894)also k(cid:374)own as experimental psychology) is a basic science which deals with different aspects of the study of behaviour. Learning, perception, cognition, memory, development, etc: b(cid:455) (cid:272)o(cid:374)t(cid:396)ast, applied ps(cid:455)(cid:272)hology concerns the applications of experimental psychology to practical issues. Clinical psychology, industrial psychology, and other ways in which the individual fits into a societal context. Are our behaviours defined by our genetic make-up (the dna that both occupies and defines our cells), or. This topic will make up the first section of the course: we (cid:449)ill (cid:272)o(cid:374)side(cid:396) aspe(cid:272)ts of e(cid:448)olutio(cid:374)a(cid:396)(cid:455) ps(cid:455)(cid:272)holog(cid:455): Physical development: change in size, sexual development, loss of capacity. Cognitive development: acquisition of new abilities, development of mental skills, loss of capacity.