PSYC 100 Chapter 1, 2: Psyc 100 chap1, 2 text note

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Sherri Atwood

Document Summary

Cognitive psychology scientific study of mental process, including perception, memory, and reasoning. Mind enables cognition logical reason, how fast things are processed, long and long term memory. Measure the time it took for people to push a button when a ball dropped based on when they heard the ball 1/10th of a second. Push a button when consciously aware of hearing the ball hit the platform. Introspection subjective observation of one"s own experience. Sensation what you taste, hear, sight, feel, smell. 2 streams of psychology american and european. Unconscious part of the mind that operates outside of awareness but influence conscious thoughts, feelings and action. Psychoanalysis therapeutic approach that focuses on bringing unconscious material into conscious awareness to better understand psychological disorder. Pleasure principle easy physical and emotional rewards, away from unpleasant things a: too much can lead to laziness, eating too much. Theories are based on 2 patients, himself is his biggest patient.