Psychology 2310A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Null Hypothesis, Central Nervous System, Endocrine System

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2310A/B
• Professor: Albert N Katz

Document Summary

2) psychodynamic unconscious and past events. 4) cognitive process of thought (want to change the way you process info) 5) humanistic/existential personal decisions & perception of self. Genetic defect or 1 traumatic experience caused mental disorder. Single event is the primary focus of the researcher/therapist, but usually other things are explored. Ex. anxiety being caused by school and poverty and family. Purpose prediction made from theory is false. Ex. claim: low self esteem causes and maintains depression. Prediction: patients suffering from depression have lower self esteem than non-depressed. Results: depressed group scores lower than non-depressed. This does not prove theory, but it rejects the null hypothesis (no difference in self esteem between depressed and non-depressed: biological model. Calls clients patients has symptoms and syndromes. Phobias are genetic and you cannot mindfully control them, they are passed on: psychodynamic. Freud -- focus on unconscious affecting behaviour. Oral deriving pleasure oral activities; chewing, sucking. Anal deriving pleasure from going to the toilet.