PSYC 1010 Study Guide - Final Guide: Random Assignment, Operational Definition, Naturalistic Observation

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

Freudian psychology > 2 major force of psych; emphasized the ways our conscious thought processes and our emotional responses to childhood experiences affect our behaviour. Humanistic psychology > rejected behaviourist definition and freudian. Cognitive revolution > revolution brought back the interest in mental. Modern definition of psychology> science of behaviour and mental. Evolutionary psychology and behaviour genetics: nature vs. nurture debate. Evolutionary psychology = the study of the evolution of behaviour and the mind, using principles of natural selection. Behaviour genetics = the study of the relative power and limits of genetics and environmental influences on behaviour. People diagnosed with learning disorders exhibit the same brain malfunction whether they are italian, french of. Language may impede communication across culture but all languages share deep principles of grammar; smile and frown to communicate. People in different cultures vary in feelings of loneliness but loneliness is magnified across culture by shyness, low self esteem and unmarried: gender matters too.