SEMESTER 1 - PSYCHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY Flashcards
What is the meaning of psychology?
The systematic study of thoughts, feelings and behaviours.
What does the right hemisphere control?
- Controls left side of the body
- Creativity
- Visual/Spatial task
- Music
- Fantasy and dreams
- Appreciation of beauty
What does the left hemisphere control?
- Controls right side of body
- Language
- Math skills
- Logical thinking and problem solving
- Reasoning
Why is psychology a science?
- Research conducted in a systematic and planned way + Scientific method
- Information is collected by observing behaviour or conducting experiments
What is the difference between psychologist and a psychiatrist?
Psychologist: studied psychology in university, experts in field.
Psychiatrist: also experts in the field but are qualified medical doctors who can perform medical procedures and prescribe medicine.
What is the body part that links the two hemispheres together by having large number of inter neutrons?
Corpus Callosum
What is the structure of the brain?
Has 3 main parts:
- Forebrain
- Midbrain
- Hindbrain
What is intelligence?
The global capacity to act purposefully, to think rationally and to deal effectively with the environment.
Functions of the Cerebral cortex?
- Determining intelligence
- Determining Personality
- Motor Functions
- Planning and organisation
- Touch Sensation
What are the specialty areas of psychology?
- Sport
- Forensic
- Clinical
- Neuro
- Counselling
- Health
- Organisation
- Academic
- Education
What does a sport psychologist do?
- Improves athletes performance through mental skills training.
- Improving personal development and well being
- Anxiety management and relation
- Team building and leadership
- Helping athletes recover from injury
What does a forensic psychologist do?
- Psychological assessment of criminals
- Determining diminished responsibility and insanity
- Counselling victims and eye witnesses
- Criminal Profiling
- Research memory and jury behaviour
- Expert witness in the courtroom
What do cynical psychologists do?
-Assessment, diagnosis and treatment of severe and non-severe mental disorders and psychological problems
What does a Neuro psychologist do?
- Researching the brain and behaviour
- Rehabilitation of brain injuries
- Illness rehab and research.
What do counselling psychologist do?
-Counselling less severe psychological problems such as relationships, self esteem.
What does a Health psychologist do?
- Research and health promotion
- Counselling in health related areas such as eating disorders, addiction and self esteem
What does a Organisational psychologist do?
- Assist in team building, effective management and leadership starts.
- Improves productivity and morale
What does an Academic psychologist do?
- Works with elementary, middle and high-school students
- Assists children with psychological needs that relates to learning styles
What does an Educational psychologist do?
- Helps Children experiencing problems within an educational setting with the aim of enhancing their learning.
- Could be social, emotional or learning difficulties
What is an emotion?
A personal experience that involves subjective feelings.
What are the 10 emotions that people express?
- Joy
- Happiness
- Sadness
- Contempt
- Fear
- Shame
- Surprise
- Disgust
- Interest
- Guilt
- Anger
What are the non verbal communication?
Personal space and kinesics(Body movements and gestures)
Is all stress bad?
Stress is not bad because it makes the human body to be alert and aware of the environment and their surroundings
What is the difference between group and collective?
Group: A collection of two or more people who interact with each other and share a common goal or purpose
Collective: A band of people who have minimal contact with each other
