PSYC 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Evolutionary Psychology, Positive Psychology, Sociobiology

• School: UBC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 101
• Professor: Janel Fergusson

Document Summary

Psychology: the scientific study of behaviour and the mind. Clinical psychology: study and treatment of mental disorders. Cognitive psychology: specializes in the study of mental processes. Examine consciousness, attention, memory, decision making, and problem solving. Psycholinguistics, focuses on psychology of language (jumbled-word exercise) Biopsychology/neuroscience: focuses on the biological underpinning of behaviour. Examines how the brain processes, genes, and hormones influence our actions, thoughts and feelings. Tries to explain how evolution has shaped our psychological capabilities and behavioural tendencies. Developmental psychology: examines human physical, psychological and social development. Experimental psychology: focuses on basic processes such as learning, sensory systems, perception, and motivational states. Industrial-organizational psychology: examines people"s behaviour in the workplace (leadership, teamwork, factors that influence employees" job satisfaction, work motivation and performance) Personality psychology: focuses on the study of human personality. Identify core personality traits and how different traits relate to one another and influence behaviour. Social psychology: examines people"s thoughts, feelings, and behaviour pertaining to the social world.