PSYC 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Behaviorism, Scientific Method, Wilhelm Wundt

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jordan Poppenk

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Identify several fields in which psychologists may work: summarize how psychology is relevant to many different professions. Outline some of the questions psychologists ask. Describe the roles of psychological research, including the different types of psychologists and the problems they study. The term psychology refers to the scientific study of behaviour, thought and experience ( A psychologist studies how we think, feel and behave from a scientific viewpoint. Applies that knowledge to help people understand, explain and change their behaviour. Some psychologists work in therapy, research, teachers at university, in hospitals, clinics and private offices: many are active in both research and practice, some work in advertising, communications, business and human resources, government and community services, etc. Pysiological psychology: physiological basis for behaviour: ex. Drugs stimulate the area of the brain responsible for pleasure. Comparative psychology: compare different species to explain behaviour in terms of evolutionary adaptation (mating, aggression: ex.