PS101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ob River, Mendelian Inheritance, Asteroid Family
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Basic research: involves seeking new knowledge and exploring and advancing general scienti c understanding. Types/level: animal, sensory, computer modeling, cellular, cognition/behaviour. Applied research: is conducted speci cally for the purpose of solving practical problems and improving peoples quality of life. Types of psychologist: clinical psychologist- responsible for assessment, diagnosis and treatment of serious psychological disorders, not psychiatrist, school or education; psychologists assess matters related to academic, social. Linguistic or vocational problems: industrial/ organizational, health/sport. Study of: mental processes and behaviour, whole groups and cultures, individuals, parts of individuals/ brain (cell ob up brain, history starts earliest pages of recorded history, history starts when people wondered about human nature ad human behaviour. Philosophy: psychology = philosophy, no unique domain of psych, phils were the ones arguing about what us was to be human , alive , and to experience things . Hippocrates: 4 humors, de ne personality, character, health. Choleric: yellow blue, determined quick to act, ery, energetic passionate.
