PSYC1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-8,11: Genetic Testing, Orgasm, Confounding
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The nature of psychology: psychology: is the scientific study of behaviour and the mind. Industrial-organisational (i/o) psychology: examines people"s behaviour in the workplace. Study leadership, teamwork and factors that influence employees" job satisfaction, work motivation and performance: personality psychology: focuses on the study of human personality. Seek to identify core personality traits and the way different traits relate to one another and influence behaviour: social psychology: examines people"s thoughts, feelings and behaviour pertaining to the social world: the world of other people. Study how people influence one another, behave in groups and form impressions and attitudes. Perspectives on behaviour: british empiricism: which held that all ideas and knowledge are gained empirically - that is, through the senses. Several major perspectives have shaped psychology"s scientific growth. Structuralism, which examines the basic components of consciousness, and functionalism, which focused on the purpose of consciousness, were psychology"s earliest schools of thought. Structuralism: the analysis of the mind in terms of its basic elements.
