PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Abraham Maslow, James Mckeen Cattell, Mental Rotation

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Doug Mc Cann

Document Summary

Applied psychology: the branch of psychology concerned with everyday, practical problems. Behaviour: any observable response or activity by an organism. Clinical psychology: the branch of psychology concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of psychological problems and disorders. Cognition: the mental processes involved in acquiring knowledge. Critical thinking: the use of cognitive skills and strategies that increase the probability of a desired outcome. Sq3r: a study system designed to promote effective reading by means of five steps: survey, question, read, recite, and review. Testwiseness: the ability to use the characteristics and format of a cognitive test to maximize one"s score. Culture: the widely shared customs, beliefs, values, norms, institutions, and other products of a community that are transmitted socially across generations. Empiricism: the premise that knowledge should be acquired through observation. Evolutionary psychology: theoretical perspective that examines behavioural processes in terms of their adaptive value for a species over the course of many generations.