Session 06 - Concept Map

Psychology

Psychology

Goals

- Describe or gather information about behavior or cognitive processes by looking at pool of knowledge
- Explain the behavior or cognitive processes
- Predict future behavior and cognitive processes by looking at pool of knowledge
- Control or influence behavior or cognitive processes in helpful ways

Study

Behavior

Automatic body functions are considered behaviors

Constructs are used to learn about human behavior

Cognitive Processes

Emotions

Emotions affect behavior and Cognitive Processes

Social Science

considered one because it follows the same process as scientists

- Examine assumptions
- Conduct research
- Perform experiments
- Collect data
- Analyze
- Assess conclusions

Subtopic