Intro to psych

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    • Social psychology
      Understand human behaviour by examining relationship between individuals and groups. They study prejudice and obedience.
    • Cognitive psychology
      Understanding how you process information including our awareness and understanding of the world and how it affects the way we respond. They study memory, attention, language and intelligence.
    • Biological psychology
      They study the ways in which the brain, hormones and genes affect human behaviour and experiences. They are interested in many types of normal and abnormal behaviours such as aggression. They study evolution, genetics and changing of environments.
    • Learning theories
      Behaviourism - explains human behaviour as a product of our learning experience. They suggest we acquire behaviours such as aggression and phobias through observation and imitation. They study the consequences of rewards and punishments.
    • 4 stages of scientific cycle
      Theory
      Hypothesis
      Research
      Evidence
    • Theory
      Set of ideas about how something works
    • Hypothesis
      Prediction of what is most likely to happen
    • Research
      Choice of methods, sample, procedures and type of data to be collected
    • Evidence
      Analysed data used to support data
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