crash_course_study_guide_AP_Psych.doc 1 CCrraasshh CCoouurrssee SSttuuddyy GGuuiiddee ffoorr AAPP PPssyycchhoollooggyy EExxaamm IINNTTRROODDUUCCTTIIOONN Psychology is the scientific study of thought and behavior. Psychologists study how the brain creates thoughts, feelings, and actions, and how internal and external environments affect them. Four primary goals of psychology: describe behavior, explain behavior, predict behavior, influence behavior. I. APPROACHES TO PSYCHOLOGY A. Biological: focuses on the relationship between the body and the mind B. Behavioral: concerned mainly with a person?s observable responses to stimuli C. Cognitive: concerned with memory, perception, thought, and other mental processes
Quick Review AP Psychology
crash_course_study_guide_AP_Psych.doc 1 CCrraasshh CCoouurrssee SSttuuddyy GGuuiiddee ffoorr AAPP PPssyycchhoollooggyy EExxaamm IINNTTRROODDUUCCTTIIOONN Psychology is the scientific study of thought and behavior. Psychologists study how the brain creates thoughts, feelings, and actions, and how internal and external environments affect them. Four primary goals of psychology: describe behavior, explain behavior, predict behavior, influence behavior. I. APPROACHES TO PSYCHOLOGY A. Biological: focuses on the relationship between the body and the mind B. Behavioral: concerned mainly with a person?s observable responses to stimuli C. Cognitive: concerned with memory, perception, thought, and other mental processes
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