Textbook Notes for PSY 1102 at University of Ottawa (UOTTAWA)

Behaviour genetics: study of relative power and limits genetic and environmental influences on behaviour. Environment: every non-genetic influence, fro

Definition of personality -- a person"s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling and acting, . the typical way we think feel and behave. Psychodynam

Somewhat replaces the label psychosis, almost synonymous. Not to be confused with multiple personality disorder! The split is not in the personality bu

Develop(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal psychology"s major issues: nature nurture, continuity stages: what parts of development are gradual and which are experie

Environment: every nongenetic influence, from prenatal nutrition to people & things around us. Behaviour genetics: study of relative power & limits of

A subfield in psychology that gives psychology"s contribution to behavioral medicine. Attempts to study how stress, healthy, and unhealthy behaviors in