PSY 110- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 49 pages long!)

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

Document Summary

The scientific study of mind and behavior. Uses scientific method -- therefore is a science. Ultimate goal=understand behavior (so understand mind first) Six approaches: psychoanalytic (freud, **importance of the unconscious mind** Freud: most of our behavior is motivated unconscious : unconscious memories. Stopped by the negativity of life (situation/people/etc. : cognitive (thinking, memory, language, learning, problem solving, creativity, rebelled against watson-said that you can study thinking/emotions, biological/medical/physiological, neurotransmitters/brain chemistry. Not focusing on individual/ looks at broader systems/factors. If humans evolved as darwin said, then there must be individual differences. Must have variability to select the best trait. Theories are not proven-they are added to over time, or they are discarded. Therefore theory of evolution is not just a theory . Your best explanation to explain a set of observations. Biology/chemistry had made great strides by looking at elemental structures of animals. Study human consciousness by looking at individual structures. Observing oneself researchers can now observe their own reactions to stimuli/document them.