PSY 504 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Personality Psychology
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Reason we are so susceptible to influence of social forces is: We have a need to affiliate with others. We are biologically engrained to do this because it"s a survival skill. Sociology: focuses more on group factors/ societal factors. Focuses on individual within the group: they share interest in issues like. Clinical psychology: focuses more on disorders and therapeutic change, requires a good relationship between patient and psychologist, share interests in issues as individuals experience social situations and effect of social labels/ stigma on behaviour. Personality psychology personality: focuses on relatively stable characteristics that define. But personality changes in different contexts: they share interests where personality and social psychological factors intersect. Cognitive psychology: focuses on mental processes, share many interests like how we mental process social information. 09/10/2013: following the same group for a long period of time, pros. Good for answering developmental questions: cons. Bringing clarity to the issues (cid:1) (cid:1)
