Psychology 1000 Chapter 1: Chapter 1 Psych A Questions + Notes

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

Document Summary

Psychology 1000 chapter 1 study questions: define psychology . Basic research: the quest for knowledge purely for its own sake. Its goal is to describe how people behave and to identify the factors that influence or cause a particular type of behaviour. May be carried out in a laboratory or real-world setting. Applied research: research designed to solve specific practical problems. If we understand the causes if a behaviour and know when the causal factors are present or absent, then we should be able to successfully predict when the behaviour will occur. If we can control the causes, we can control the behaviour. Theoretical perspectives: give a brief description of how each of the following major perspectives in psychology would view human behaviour, and some advantages/disadvantages for each. Perspectives are theoretical vantage points from which one analyzes behaviour and its causes: biological perspective (brain, genes, neuroscience)