Psyc 2000 exam 2024 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

clinical psychology - ANSWER study, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological disorders sensation & perception - ANSWER study of the processing of stimuli (sight, sound, touch, etc) rom the environment evolutionary psychology - ANSWER study of how behavior is a result of adaptations over time which help people function/survive in their enviornment

How people think - ANSWER Cognition is a mental activity that occurs in the brain when information is being organized, stored, communicated, or processed. How mental images are involved in the process of thinking - ANSWER Mental images represent objects or events and have a picture-like quality Concepts - ANSWER ideas that represent a class of events, objects, or activities Prototypes - ANSWER examples of a concept that more closely match the defining characteristics of that concept