PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: B. F. Skinner, Radical Behaviorism, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences
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Applied psychology-the branch of psychology concerned with everyday, practical problems (p. 16) Behaviour- refers to only avert (observable) response or activity by an organism (p. 9) Behaviourism- a theoretical orientation based on the premise that scientific psychology should only study observable behaviour (p. 9) Clinical psychology- the branch of psychology concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of psychological problems and disorders (p. 16) Cognition- refers to the mental processes involved in acquiring knowledge (p. 17) Critical thinking- the use of cognitive skills and strategies that increase the probability of a desirable outcome (p. 35) Culture- refers to the widely shared customs, beliefs, values, norms, institutions, and other products of community that are transmitted socially across generations (p. 29) Empiricism- the premise that knowledge should be acquired through observation (p. 27) Evolutionary psychology- examines behavioural processes in terms of their adaptive values for members of a species over the course of many generations (p. 19-20)
