PSYC 2000 Chapter : Chapter 1
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Psychology"s biggest question: nature vs. nurture: nature nurture issue: the controversy over the relative contributions of biology and experience, long-standing debate, plato nature, aristotle nurture. Darwin: natural selection: nature selects traits that best enable the organism to survive and reproduce. Subfields of psychology: applied: industrial/organizational: studies and advises on behavior in the workplace, counseling: helps people cope with academic, vocational, and marital challenges, clinical: study, assess, and treat people with psychological disorders. Psychiatrists: clinical psychologists: ph. d. ; assess and treat mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders using therapy, psychiatrists: m. d. ; use drugs and psychotherapy to treat mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. Hindsight bias: hindsight bias: the tendency to believe after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it, i knew it all along phenomenon, examples, va tech shootings, i knew we"d win/lose, rewards shape behavior. Man, 1964: a severe depression like that of 1920-1921 is outside the range of probability. (harvard economic society, weekly letter, november.
