PS101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Biosocial Theory, Fluoxetine, Outline Of Object Recognition
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Ch 2 & app b: research & stats. Ch 3: neuroscience (the neuron, parts of the brain, consciousness, sleep, drugs) Ch 15: psychological disorders (anxiety disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenia) Ch 16: treatment of psychological disorders (behaviour therapies) Psychology = the scientific study of mental processes and behaviour (what does the evidence say people are) Mental processes = activities of our brain when engaged in thinking, observing, and using languages. Behaviour = observable activities (something a third person can observe from the outside) Psychophysics = the study of the relationship between physical stimuli and their psychological effects. Pioneered by johannes muller in the 1800"s. Herman von helmholtz - measured the speed of neural impulses. Gustav fechner - one of the founders of experimental psychology and very focused on doing this process scientifically; showed how mental events can be quantified. Opened the first psychology lab in 1879 in leipzig, germany. Receives credit for sparking the beginning of psychology.
