PSY 110- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 31 pages long!)

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 110
• Professor: gillis

Document Summary

Scientific study of mind and behavior (includes both humans and animals) Mind is product of healthy brain (personality, emotions, hopes, etc. ) Cannot dissect person and find ego (cid:862)ego is i(cid:373)agi(cid:374)ar(cid:455)(cid:863: gestalt (kohler, wertheimer) The whole is more than the sum of its parts. Evolution plays a big part: humanistic (maslow, rogers) All humans are motivated to realize their fullest potential: cognitive. Thinking, memory, language, learning, creativity, problem-solving, etc: biological/medical/physiological. E(cid:454)peri(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal (cid:894)(cid:271)asi(cid:272) = (cid:374)ot applied, looki(cid:374)g for the (cid:862)wh(cid:455)(cid:863)(cid:895) Forensic (minds of criminals, legal system, jury selection) Heritable variation, genetic variation individual differences are passed on to children. Dogs associate bells w/ food after being fed when bell rang. Salivation when dogs heard bell, regardless of food presence. Fear is conditioned (present rat to baby, make loud noise) Initially baby is not scared of rat, after making loud noises repeatedly. Baby is scared of rat, regardless if loud noise is made or not. Good theory will lead to many testable hypotheses.