PSYC 1010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Midbrain, Basilar Membrane, Railways Act 1921

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

Document Summary

Chapters 1 & 2: formal definition of psychology. How your brain and body respond (physiological/covert) Psychologists apply accumulated body of knowledge to real world problems: g culture of silence and psycho pharmaceutical explosion on college campuses. Academic pressure, adhd and ssris prescriptions: the empirical method, measure and describe behavior objectively, understand and explain behavior scientifically, empirical evaluation. Clinical psychologists: non medical professionals and diagnose patients. Psychiatrists, psychoanalysts: medical professionals prescribe medications i) ii) Academia: developmental, social, experimental, physiological, cognitive, personality, psychometrics, abnormal/clinical, health. Theoretical perspectives: applied: biological: use brief incisive examples, cognitive, psychodynamic: How your mind (conscious thoughts) influence behavior. How the unconscious influences behavior: behavioral, humanistic: Freedom of choice and actualization of the self as determinants of behavior. How the environment shapes behavior: evolutionary: chance of reproductive success. How the behavior initially solved an adaptive problem and increased. Gene pool has not changed over the last 10,000 yearsxw.