PSY 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-3: Evolutionary Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience
KEY
people--BLUE
works/ideas/beliefs/theories--ORANGE
importance--YELLOW
Biological psychology
• Processes affect our psychological well-being or our psychological behavior
o Changes in hormones
o Changes in neurotransmitters
o Other biological functions
Evolutionary psychology
• Our psychological processes are tightly related to not only our biological processes, but to the
evolutionary pressures that have guided our species since its beginning
Cognitive psychology
• We look at things like information processing, learning and memory, how you recognize objects in
the world around you, or how we use language
o ***Goldinger is a cognitive psychologist!!!
▪ Studies memory, attention, and language
Social psychology
• Looks at what happens when people are in groups or pairs
• How social influence affects our behavior
• How culture affects the way we think and act
Developmental psychology
• Ask how the whole system forms
o How the cognitive system grows
o How social abilities grow
o What changes as we become an adult
o What happens as adults go into old age
• Aka life span development
• Look at the behavior that is typical for people of certain ages
Clinical psychology
• Mental health
• Disorders
• Seek to understand and treat psychological disorders
Personality psychology
• Whether we can tell what kind of person someone is from giving them a test
• Ask questions
o Whether different personality types are compatible
o What kind of career a person might thrive in based on their personality
Document Summary
Biological psychology: processes affect our psychological well-being or our psychological behavior, changes in hormones, changes in neurotransmitters, other biological functions. Evolutionary psychology: our psychological processes are tightly related to not only our biological processes, but to the evolutionary pressures that have guided our species since its beginning. Cognitive psychology: we look at things like information processing, learning and memory, how you recognize objects in the world around you, or how we use language, ***goldinger is a cognitive psychologist!! Looks at what happens when people are in groups or pairs: how social influence affects our behavior, how culture affects the way we think and act. Developmental psychology: ask how the whole system forms, how the cognitive system grows, how social abilities grow, what changes as we become an adult, what happens as adults go into old age, aka life span development. Look at the behavior that is typical for people of certain ages.
