PSYCHOLOGY 04/16/2011

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What is Psychology?
A. Clinical Psychology, subfield
Focuses = Study and treatment of psychological/ mental disorders PHD in Psycho or Psyd in Psycho largest subfield.
B. Clinical Psych versus psychiatry subfield of medicine, Focus = study & treatment of psycho disorders.

MD. 
"Medical models" of mental illness --> depression, disease drugs.
"Behavior models" of psychological disorders --> disorders of behavior and thinking,
C. Definition of Psychology.
The scientific study of behavior and the mind.
II. Goals of Psychology
A. Description: to describe behavior  and natural world.
ie.We're all better than average biasis (WABTA bias)
B. Explanation 
Why do things happen as they do?
C. Control: having control over research settings( eg. designing, conducting experiments) to test whether or not our explanations (ie. theories) are correct.
D.Application of Science knowledge 
WABTA Bias:
Applied in Business: Performance Appraisal and Review (PAR) Manger sits down with employees talk about goals and influences pay raises.
"Merit Pay"
III.Basic VS. Applied Research.
Basic Research = Main goal is to gain knowledge for its own sake to build a body of knowledge about some phenomenon.
Applied Research= Main goal is to help solve/ address some practical issue or problem. 
ie. an i witness research is a combination of both.

{Psychological Perspective}
I.Origins of Psychology
Philosophy+Medicine +Physiology = Psychology