Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Unconscious Mind, Empiricism, Clinical Psychology

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

Document Summary

Scientific study of behaviour and the mind: behaviour. Must be inferred from observable and measurable responses. Clinical psychologists diagnose and treat people with psychological problems: scientists. Conduct research on the causes of mental disorders and the effectiveness of various treatments: cognitive psychology. Specializes in the study of mental processes, especially from a model that views the mind as an information processor. Examine: consciousness, attention, memory, decision making, problem solving. Psycholinguistics: focus: psychology of language, biopsychology. How brain processes, genes and hormones influence our actions, thoughts, feelings. How evolution has shaped our psychological capabilities: advanced thinking, behavioural tendencies. Ex. emotional world of infants or parenting styles: experimental psychology. Focus on basic processes as learning, sensory systems, perception, motivational states (sexual, hunger, thirst: industrial-organizational psychology. Examines people"s behaviour in the workplace: personality psychology. Seek to identify core personality traits: social psychology. Examines people"s thoughts, feelings and behaviours relating to the social world. How people influence other people & behaviour in groups.