Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Belongingness, Personality Psychology, Natural Selection

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Psychology: the scientific study of behavior and the mind. Behavior refers to actions and responses that we can directly observe. Mind refers to internal states and processes that cannot be seen directly and that must be inferred from observable, measureable responses. Clinical psychology: the study and treatment of mental disorders. Cognitive psychology: the study of mental processes, especially from a model that views the mind as an information processor. Examine consciousness, attention, memory, decision making and problem solving. Biopsychology: focuses on the biological underpinnings of behavior. Examine how the brain processes, genes and hormones influence our actions, thoughts and feelings: developmental psychology: examines human physical, psychological, and social development across the lifespan. Some explore the emotional world of infants while others study how different parenting styles affect children. Experimental psychology: focuses on such basic processes as learning, sensory systems, perception, and motivational states. Most of this subfield involves laboratory experiments, often with nonhuman animals.