Fundamentals of Psychology Chapters 1-4 (100% Correct Answers)

What is Psychology? Correct Answers Study of behavior and cognition -Psyche= non physical -Logos- word or reason (to study) -Aspects/spirit Current definition -The study of behavior and cognition. Major areas of Psychology Correct Answers behavioral neuroscience Correct Answers Interested in biological bases of behavior (genes, connections between brain and behavior) structures and functions of brain and hormones. Cognitive Correct Answers Higher order mental processes. (Memory, language, problem solving, decision making). Learning Correct Answers How organisms learn (how they respond to rewards and punishments and associations). Developmental Correct Answers Development across the lifespan, how people change as they grow. Focused on looking at changes over time or interested in one age group. (Child psychologists, etc) Social Correct Answers Interactive with people and how people react to situations. Interested in attraction, group dynamics, social influence, personality. Personality Correct Answers How you are, consistently Abnormal/Clinical Psychology Correct Answers Defining psychological symptoms and why/when it emerges. Clinical- treatment for problem. Parent fields Correct Answers Psychology is related to sociology and anthropology Parent disciplines include philosophy (ethics, wisdom, etc) and physiology (functions and systems). Philosophy of mind- Free will and determinism Correct Answers Free will (Descartes)- masters of our own destiny Determinism- (Democritus)- Human behavior is the same way, there are laws that govern human behavior.