PSYC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Mecha, Behaviorism, Humanistic Psychology

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Meredith Chivers

Document Summary

Psychology is the scienctific study of the causes of behaviour. Psych is rooted in phil, bio, education and medicine. Psychologists study a broad variety of phenomena: physiological processes within the nervous system, genetics, environmental events, personality charac, mental abilities, and social interactions. Word psychology originates from two greek words: psukhe (breath or soul) and logos (word or reason) Modern meaning of psycho (mind) logy (science); science of the mind. Behaviour analysis: branch that studies the effect of the environment on behaviour. Developmental psych: branch that studies changes in behavioural, perceptual and cognitive capacities of organisms as a function of age and experience social psych: branch devted to the study of the effects people have on each other"s behaviour. Personality psych: branch that attempts to categorize and understand the causes of individual differences in patterns of behaviour. Behaviourism was a major trend, the study of the relation between people"s environments and their behaviour.