Psychology 1000 Chapter 1: chapter 1

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: John Campbell

Document Summary

Fields of psychology: clinical psychology (most commonly associated with psych)- study and treatment of mental disorders. Industrial- organizational psychology- examines a persons behaviour in a workplace (ex. Leadership: personality psychology- seeks to identify core personality traits and how different traits relate to one another and influence behaviour, social psychology- examines a personas thoughts, feelings and behaviours pertaining to the social world. Perspectives on behaviour: psychology can be made up of several different perspectives. (ex social psych vs. physical psych, once you open your perspective you cannot go back, to avoid perceiving illustrator correlations, psychologists typically use stats. Critical thinking: we have a tendency to allow our beliefs and emotions to prevent us from thinking critically about what"s being presented to us, uncritical thinking may lead to a misguided view of the world. (little einstein videos) Structuralism and functionalism: wilhelm wundt established the first experimental psychology laboratory at u of.