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What is psychology

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It is the scientific study of behaviour and the mental process in humans

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What is behaviour

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Observable actions

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What are mental processes

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Thought & feeling which aren’t observable

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What are the four main goals of psychology

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Describe
Predict
Control
Explain

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Who are some of the people psychologists work with

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Children
Criminals 
Companies
Sports teams
Individuals
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What do psychologist work to do

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Change your behaviour, thought process, mental state or feeling or a combination of all

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What is your mental process

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Your emotions, mood, view of life, attitude, choice of words

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What is the relationship between behaviour and mental process

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They use behaviour as a way to identify your mental process
Both interrelated
They influence each other

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Psychology vs Psychiatry

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PSYCHOLOGY
6yrs full time study
University course must be recognised
Registration required
Not qualified to prescribe medication or medical procedures 
PSYCHIATRY
13yrs full time study
Qualified doctor
Able to hospitalise patients
Able to prescribe medication
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Clinical Psychology

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Specialist training in he assessment, diagnosis and treatment of mental health problems and major mental illness

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Clinical neuropsychology

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Specialises in the assessment of changes in mental behaviour and mental abilities that may arise from brain damage

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Community psychology

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Concerned with mainly community issues and helping people to achieve their goal in areas such as community health and welfare

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Counselling psychology

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Dealing with people from all ages to deal with their behavioural and mental issues

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Educational and developmental psychology

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Deals with learning disabilities and the changes of behavioural and mental processes throughout thier life span

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Forensic psychology

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Focuses on the legal and justice system

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Health psychology

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Specialises in understanding the effects of psychological factors related to physical health and illness

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Organisational psychology

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Focuses on the workplace effectiveness and productivity while maintaining wellbeing

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Sports and exercise psychology

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Helps elite level professionals achieve peak performance

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Biological psychology

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Focuses how bodily structures/systems affect the processes

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Cognitive psychology

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Focuses on how we acquire, process, remember and how we use information

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Personality psychology

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Focuses on people’s characteristics and how they make their personality

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Social psychology

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Studies the way people act in different social situations

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Biological perspective

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Brain, nervous system and genetics

Psychologist work to understand how brain chemistry, genetics and brain activity affects mental illness

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Behavioural perspective

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Observable actions and the role of learning in influencing behaviour
Psychologist use a technique called behavioural therapy to change behaviour

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Cognitive perspective

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How we acquire, process, remember and how we use the info

Psychologist think that to fully understand mental illnesses we must first have to know hat is going on in the brain

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Socio-cultural perspective

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Roles of social and cultural influences on human behaviour and mental process

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Scientific method in psychology

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Is a systematic approach for planning, conducting and reporting research
It is data collected by observations or through experiments, this enables us to draw conclusions, hopefully free from bias

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Validity & replication

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Validity - test what it is designed to test
Replication - is repeating the test to see if the same conclusions are drawn

This enable the test to be valid

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Steps in the scientific method

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Research question
Plan research 
Collect empirical evidence 
Analyse results 
Draw conclusions
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Where does the word psychology come from and what does it mean

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Two Greek words
Psyche-mind
Lagos-study
Study of the mind

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