PSYC 2000 Chapter : FIRST EXAM Psychology Greening
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How to help people who have panic disorder, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder. How to train animals to do bizarre things. Phycology in action & the history of phycology. Mapping out the whole semester vs. living week to week (or day to day) Thinking about how the task relates to your larger goals and values. Really important to get sleep (memory requires sleep) Studies have recently shown that handwritten notes make you remember the material more. Workshops and handouts on studying, note taking, taking exams, forming study groups. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Mental processes- perceptions, thoughts, feelings (rooted in our nervous system). First attempt to bring objectivity/ measurement in physciolgy. Brought many of his science to america, found a lab at quinell university. Study consciousness by trying to understand its smallest, most basic elements. The attempt at introspective analysis in these cases is in fact like seeing a spinning top to catch its motion.
