Psychology 1000 : psychology 1000.doc

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

Document Summary

Note: these notes combine lecture and textbook for dr. laura fazakas-dehoog. Note: she goes a bit off textbook and here and there for the last few lectures so sometimes lecture notes and textbook notes are separate. Oloy=branch of knowledge scientific study of behaviour (actions, responses that can be observed) and mind (internal states and processes) Goals: describe, understand, predict, control aspects of behaviour. Cognitive: study of mental processes esp mind as info processor. Biopsychology: biological underpinnings (hormones, genes, brain processes)/how evolution shaped psychological capacities (advanced thinking, altruistic behaviour) Experimental: basic processes such as learning, sensory, perception, motivational states, usually involves non-human test subjects. Industrial-organizational (i/o): behaviour in workplace; identify best job applicants and design systems to evaluate performance. Personality: core personlity traits, how traits are related&influence on behaviour tests to measure personality. Social:thoughts, feelings, behaviour pertaining to social world (behaviour in group, form impressions/attitudes)