Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Gestalt Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Empiricism

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

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Psychology: the study of behavior and the mind: behavior: actions and responses that we can directly observe, mind: internal states and processes. Clinical psychology: study and treatment of mental disorders. Cognitive psychology: study of mental processes and mind. Biopsychological/neuroscience: effect of genes and hormones on behavior. Experimental psychology: study of human learning, senses, perception, & motivational states. Industrial-organizational psychology: behavior in a workplace (leadership, teamwork, satisfaction, motivation and performance) Educational: how students learn/how we can help people learn. Developmental psychology: study of human physical, physiological, and social development across a lifespan. Personality psychology: identify core personality traits and how they relate and influence behavior. Social: people"s thoughts, feeli(cid:374)gs, a(cid:374)d (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior pertai(cid:374)i(cid:374)g to the so(cid:272)ial (cid:449)orld. Goals of psychology: describe how people behave, explain and understand causes of behavior, predict how people will behave, influence behavior to enhance human welfare. Basic research: quest for knowledge for its own sake.