Discovering Psychology Flashcards
What is autism
Abnormal or impaired development in social interactions.
Have very few activities and interest
Enjoy spending long periods of time repeating same behaviour
What is test anxiety
Combination of physiological, emotional, cognitive components that cause stress in taking test
What are the four goals in psychology
Describe, explain, predict, control
describe
Would describe behaviours and mental processes
Explain
Why they have these behaviours and mental processes
Predict
Predict how they will act in different or certain situations
Control
How to control the behaviours
What does approach mean
Perspective to understanding behaviour
7 modern behaviours
Biological Cognitive Behavioural Psychoanalytic Evolutionary Cross cultural Humanistic
Biological approach
Focus on genes, hormones, nervous system with environment.
Influences learning, personality traits, memory, motivations and emotion
Cognitive
How we process, store, and use information
What we remember, learn, perceive, believe and feel
Behavioural
How we learn new behaviours or modify existing ones
Reward or punishment behaviour
Psychoanalytic
Stresses influencing unconscious fears, desires
Humanistic
Freedom in directing his or her future
Personal growth
Self fulfillment
