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Pscy 101: areas of psychology and scientific method
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Types of psychology, key principles, scientific method and why its used
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contemporary psychology:
Biopsychology: about the brain and nervous system, spans many different sub-
disciplines (sleep. Sensation & perception, psychological disorders, development.
-focuses on immediate causes of behavior
Evolutionary psychology: looks at long term causes of behavior, behavior are
determined by genetics, it will be shaped by its surroundings.
-common behaiour across human culture=common genetic cause (expression of
emotion)
Sensation and perception: same sensation different perception (ex. A same
painting but ppl sees two different things)
Developmental pyschology: development trajectories, cognitive, social, emotional,
physical, moral.
-we find periods of neural blooming during childhood and puberty
-we find neural decline as we get older, but we also find that as we get older, we use
our brain more efficiently.
Personality psychology: patterns of thoughts and behaviors that are unique to a
person
-early theories looked at resolution of sexual desires (ie. Freud)
Social psychology: how the (perceived) presence of people influences us:
-bystander effect
Clinical psychology: identification, diagnosis, treatment of mental disorder&other
problematic behaviour
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