PSY100H1 Chapter 1: psy100 chapter 1
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Psychology chapter 1 reading notes: psychology is based on introspection: personal obeservation of your own thoughts, feelings, and behaviours, roots of psychology are philosophy and natural sciences. Ivan petrovich pavlov behaviourism - (experience is the primary source of behavior: ulric neisser cognitive revolution - (private mental processing can be studied scientifically , biological psychology (behavioral neuroscience) Focus on relations b/w mind and behavior and their underluing biological processes, including genetics, biochemistry, anatomu, and physiology. How physical struture and behavior have been shaped by their contributions to our species survival: cognitive psychology. Process of thinking or the processing of information: developmental psychology. Explore the normal changes in behaviour that occur across the life span. Effects of the social environment, including social and culture diversity, and individual differences on the behavior of individuals: clinical psychology. The concept of mind is associated with thoughts (internal mental process)which in turn are associated with behaviors(overt action).
