Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Terror Management Theory, Gestalt Psychology, Tabula Rasa

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

Document Summary

+psychology: the scientific study of behaviour and the factors the influence it. The term behaviour is used very broadly to refer to observable actions and mental processes. Employ numerous theories about behaviour and its causes. +basic research: research designed to obtain knowledge for its own sake. Goals are to describe how people behave and to identify the factors that influence or cause a particular type of behaviour. +applied research: research designed to solve specific practical problems. Often uses principles discovered through basic research to solve practical problems. +jigsaw program: an applied research program in which knowledge gained from basic research on factors that increase and decrease intergroup hostility was translated into cooperative learning programs resigned to reduce interracial hostility in racially integrated schools. Camp program made them perform tasks that involved the two teams working together to achieve their task. Explain and understand the causes of these behaviours. Predict how people and animals will behave under certain conditions.