PSY230H5 Lecture 1: Week 1 Basic Introductions Correlations & Reliability
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Cognitive psychology: the science of basic cognitive processes (e. g. , memory, attention, and perception): basic ways that the human brain processes information. Neuropsychology: the science of the connection between the brain and the mind: brain processes. Social psychology: the science of social influences on psychological processes (group processes, social influence): how we relate to other people, how we form relationships. Developmental psychology: the science of changes in psychological processes over the life span: how to experiences shape a persons development. Focuses on one individual at a time, Tries to understand an individual"s actions from the individual"s characteristics. A focus on the relation between individual differences in one variable (e. g. , shyness) and another variable (e. g. , age of marriage). Examples: biographies of famous people (e. g. , winston churchill, self-exploration, why did i become a professor of psychology? , why am i taking psy230? . Advantages: more complete understanding of a single individual, great for important people.
