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Lecture 1 Flashcards

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What is psychology

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Scientific study of behaviour
“Anything an animal or human does, feels or thinks”
Broadly applicable

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What does and psyche and logos mean and who created the disciplines

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Psyche: soul
Logos: to study
Wilhelm Wundt (1870) combines the disciplines of philosophy and physiology to create psychology

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Major perspectives of psychology

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Biological, psychoanalytic, behavioural, humanistic, cognitive and evolutionary

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Major areas of research

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Social
Physiological
Cognitive/perception
Personality
Developmental
Health
Forensics

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