PSY100H1 Chapter : Key Terms for the first Chapter

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
• Professor: Dan Dolderman

Document Summary

Adaptations: in evolutionary theory, the physical characteristics, skills, or abilities that increase the chances of reproduction or survival and are therefore likely to be passed along to future generations. Behaviourism: a psychological approach that emphasizes the role of environmental forces in producing behaviour. Cognitive neuroscience: the study of the neural mechanisms that underlie thought, learning, and memory. Cognitive psychology: the study of how people think, learn, and remember. Critical thinking: a systematic way of evaluating information to reach reasonable conclusions. Culture: the beliefs, values, rules, and customs that exist within a group of people who share a common language and environment and that are transmitted through learning from one generation to the next. Evolutionary theory: in psychological science, a theory that emphasizes the inherited adaptive value of behaviour and mental activity throughout the history of a species. Functionalism: an approach to psychology concerned with the adaptive purpose, or function, of mind and behaviour.