PSYCH 100 Study Guide - Comprehensive Midterm Guide: Psychological Science, Language Development, Todd Marinovich

• School: UMASS-Amherst
• Department: Psychology & Brain Sciences
• Course: PSYCH 100
• Professor: Tammy Rahhal

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What do you think psychology is? (use in question form using scope) Population: what organisms do psychologists study to answer those questions: humans, animals, ethics, simpler systems. Method of inquiry: how do we study those questions: case studies/observations/surveys, correlation, experimentation. Psychology is the science of behavior and mental processes with behavior being any observable things we do and mental processes being our internal, subjective experiences. Psychology is more than just therapy, examples of what is also under psychology are: Big issues in psychology: conscious vs. unconscious, ex. : a person means to say gosh, you look great but accidently says gosh, you look fat : free will vs determinism, ex. : why do men prefer younger women and women prefer older men when selecting a spouse: nature vs. nurture, ex. Do specific neurons begin to fire when we see someone attractive: evolutionary b. i. Are we attracted to body types that are fertile : behavior genetics c. i.