PSY 102 Lecture 1: Psychology Lecture 1 September 11, 2015
24 Sep 2015
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Psychology: greek word meaning soul and study, meaning study of soul. Scientific study of mind brain and behaviour. Scientific study: tend to gain knowledge using observation and experimentation. Goals of psychology: describe behaviour, lead to better understanding behaviour, help explain behaviour, predict how one thinks & acts, change behaviour. Clinical neuropsychology: the study of brain- behaviour relationships. Human behaviour can be best described by brain function. Industrial-organizational: work in companies and business to help select productive em- ployees, evaluate performance and effects of different working and living conditions on be- haviour. Surgeons conducting but did not understand anatomy. 1948 test: abstract reasoning, concept formation, able to identify reasoning. Brenda milner, clinical nurse at montreal institute took test and adapted test and applied frontal part of brain. Test sensitive to people with frontal lobe damage. 4 key cards with geometric figures, different # and colour. Once subject figures rule, continue it until changes.
