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Psychology 2e

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  1. 1Introduction to PsychologyPsychology is defined as the scientific study of mind and behavior.
  2. 2Psychological ResearchIn this way, research enables scientists to separate fact from simple opinion.
  3. 3BiopsychologyWhile glia generally play supporting roles, the communication between neurons is fundamental to all of the functions associated with the nervous system.
  4. 4States of ConsciousnessImportant factors in these changes are the biological rhythms, and, more specifically, the circadian rhythms generated by the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN).
  5. 5Sensation and PerceptionPerception involves the organization, interpretation, and conscious experience of those sensations.
  6. 6LearningThere are three main types of learning: classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and observational learning.
  7. 7Thinking and IntelligenceLanguage is a communication system that has both a lexicon and a system of grammar.
  8. 8MemoryStorage is retention of the information, and retrieval is the act of getting information out of storage and into conscious awareness through recall, recognition, and relearning.
  9. 9Lifespan DevelopmentLifespan development explores how we change and grow from conception to death.
  10. 10Emotion and MotivationMotivation to engage in a given behavior can come from internal and/or external factors.
  11. 11PersonalityFreud also proposed three components to our personality: the id, ego, and superego.
  12. 12Social PsychologyLay people tend to over-rely on dispositional explanations for behavior and ignore the power of situational influences, a perspective called the fundamental attribution error.
  13. 13Industrial-Organizational PsychologyThis movement aided in expanding industrial psychology to include organizational psychology
  14. 14Stress, Lifestyle, and HealthHans Selye, a noted endocrinologist, referred to these physiological reactions to stress as part of general adaptation syndrome, which occurs in three stages: alarm reaction (fight-or-flight reactions begin)…
  15. 15Psychological DisordersThe diagnosis and classification of psychological disorders is essential in studying and treating psychopathology.
  16. 16Therapy and TreatmentIn the mid-1960s, the deinstitutionalization movement gained support and asylums were closed, enabling people with mental illness to return home and receive treatment in their own communities.