Psychology 1000 Chapter All Chapter notes: PSYCH NOTES- all chapters

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

Document Summary

Chapter 1 psychology: the science of behaviour 2. Chapter 2 studying behaviour scientifically 7. Chapter 3 biological foundations of behaviour 10. Chapter 4 genes, evolution, and behaviour 14. Chapter 5 sensation and perception 15. Chapter 6 states of consciousness 19. Chapter 7 learning and adaptation: role of experience 23. Chapter 9 thought, language, and intelligence 30. Chapter 11 development over the life span 44. Chapter 16 behaviour in a social context 48. Chapter 15 stress, coping, and health 54. Chapter 14 treatment of psychological disorders 67. Chapter 1 psychology: the science of behaviour. Psychology = the scientific study of behaviour and the factors that influence it. Taking into account biological, individual and environmental factors. Basic and applied science: two types of research, basic research: knowledge gained purely for its own sake. The goals are to describe how people behave and to identify factors that influence it. Uses principles discovered via basic research to solve practical problems.