[PSY 101] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (100 pages long!)
29 Nov 2016
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Module 1: what is psychology: the two branches. Trained people to report elements of all of their experiences. Used to discover the mind"s structure from simple elements. Consider evolved functions of thoughts and feelings a. b. a. b. a. ii. a. ii. Focused on inner sensations, images, and feelings that are not observable. Observed response and ability to learn in new situations. Focused on how emotional responses to childhood experiences affected behavior: human psychology a. i. a. ii. Those who followed this rejected the behaviorist theory. Focused on the ways that current environmental influences either nurture or limit growth potential and importance of love and acceptance b. Examined how mind processes and retains information a. ii. Cognitive psychology- explores ways to perceive, process, and remember information a. i. 1. Helped psychologists to better understand disorders like depression. Cognitive neuroscience- merged the study of the mind with the study of a. ii. the brain: modern definition of psychology a. i. Psychology- the science of behavior and mental processes a. i. 1. a. i. 2.
