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ABNORMAL
Defining abnormal behavior is difficult. It generally has the following characteristics.
PERSONALITY
Personality is the unique attitudes, behaviors, and emotions that characterize a person.
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORIES
Sigmund Freud- personality was essentially set in early childhood, psychosexual stages
MOTIVATION AND EMOTION
Darwin’s theory of natural selection caused many psychologists to try and explain all human behaviors through instincts, most agree that our behavior is motivated by other biological and psychological factors.
MOTIVATION AND EMOTION
Darwin’s theory of natural selection caused many psychologists to try and explain all human behaviors through instincts, most agree that our behavior is motivated by other biological and psychological factors.
COGNITION
LANGUAGE: Language is intimately connected to cognition
Elements
Language Acquisition
First stage – babbling
MEMORY
Memory is any indication that learning has persisted over time
Several different models or explanations of how memory works have emerged from memory research. Two of the most important models: the three-box/information processing model and the levels of processing model. Neither model is perfect.
LEARNING
Learning- a relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience.
CLASSICAL CONDITIONING – learning based on association of stimuli
STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
Sensation -Experience of sensory stimulation, the activation or our senses
Perception -Process of creating meaningful patterns from raw sensory information
ENERGY SENSES
VISION
SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
Sensation -Experience of sensory stimulation, the activation or our senses
Perception -Process of creating meaningful patterns from raw sensory information
ENERGY SENSES
VISION
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