PSY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Operant Conditioning, American Psychologist, Natural Selection
6 Dec 2016
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The term psychology comes from the greek word psychi, which means spirit and soul and logia, which means, (cid:498)study of(cid:499). (cid:498)scientific(cid:499) study: refers to gaining knowledge through experience by using things. The textbook states that scientific study of: the mind, the brain, and behavior like observation and experimentation in order to gain facts and evidence. Determine the essential of behaviour and mind. Why do people act, think, and the feel the way they do: goal 1: describe the behaviour, goal 2: explain the behaviour, goal 3: predict how one thinks and acts, goal 4: change behaviour. Application of this knowledge in the assessment and remediation of neurological problems, traumatic brain injury, tumors, neurodegenerative disease, epilepsy, etc. Wisconsin card sorting test: sensitive to damages to the frontal cortex: looks at cognitive flexibility. Reinforcement: robbing house and getting tv, being awarded for action.
