Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Psycholinguistics, Parenting Styles

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Psychology: the scientific study of behaviour and the mind. Behaviour: actions and responses we can directly observe. Mind: internal states and processes (thoughts, feelings) that we cannot see directly, but must infer from behaviours (cid:1) (cid:1) Biological psychology/biopsychology: brain processes, genes, hormones and how they influence actions, thoughts, feelings. Evolutionary psychology how evolution shaped minds and behaviours (cid:1) Developmental psychology: examines human physical, psychological, and social development across an entire lifespan. Sensation and perception, learning, memory, judgment and decision making, problem-solving, attention, creativity. Experimental psychology: basic processes like learning, sensation and perception, motivation. Study leadership, teamwork, and factors that influence employee"s jobs satisfaction, motivation, and performance level. Identify best applicants and design systems companies use to evaluate performance. What makes people similar, different from others. Social psychology: studies how people think and feel about towards others. Clinical psychology: mental disorders, help people to overcome them. Subfields of psychology can overlap in some instances.