[Psychology 1100E] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (71 pages long!)

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1100E
• Professor: Irene Cheung

Document Summary

The study of the brain and of human behaviour. Debunking myths in psychology: we are always doing psychological behaviours. Scott: students struggle with finding resources to rely on, peer reviewed sites are the best don"t trust everything that is on the internet, false beliefs can have a large impact and serious consequences. Believing in false facts (myths) can get in the way of realistic facts and the learning of realistic facts and the learning of reality. Defi(cid:374)itio(cid:374): (cid:862)the s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)tifi(cid:272) stud(cid:455) of (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour, thought, a(cid:374)d e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)e, a(cid:374)d ho(cid:449) the(cid:455) can be affected by physical, mental, social, and environmental fa(cid:272)tors(cid:863) (cid:894)te(cid:454)t, p. (cid:1007)(cid:895) Finding reliable reliable information and sources is more important than ever. To understand behaviour, psychology brings together many fields. Two qualities that allow these different fields to come together: psychology looks at the study of human behaviour, psychologists use the scientific method.