PSYA01H3 Chapter 1: Chapter 1 study guide
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Why is behaviour studied: to explain why people behave the way they do. In order to explain it you must: describe it, learn how to categorize and measure behaviour. this makes sure that other psychologists are. Observing the same phenomena: causal events: events that cause other events (even behaviour) to happen, human behaviour is the root of many of the world"s problems (i. e. poverty, crime, drug addiction etc. ) Fields of psychology: research psychologists differ in two main ways: In the causal events they analyze: physiological psychology: physiology of behaviour. behavioural phenomenons that can be observed in animals. I. e. memory, sensory processes, emotional behaviour, motivation, sexual behaviour, sleep www. notesolution. com: ex. genes inherited from our parents is a blue print for our brain. they examine the similarities in physical and behavioural characteristics of blood relatives whose genes are similar. they perform breeding experiments between lab animals to see what behaviours get passed on to the offspring.
