psych perspective

The mind can be viewed as an information processing system.

1. Behavior is motivated by forces that individuals may not understand or be aware of. 

1. Human thought and behavior can be understood in terms of activity at the neural level. 

One limitation of our understanding of behavior is that most research has been conducted on subjects from North America.

1. Psychological science is the study of behavior that is observable and measurable. 

1. Personality is attributable more to genes than to environmental experience. 

1. Many of our behaviors have developed as a result of our species’ adaptation to the challenges of surviving across millennia. 

1. Future behavior is influenced by memory and analysis of past experience. 

1. Pain tolerance is largely a result of the effects of endorphins and other neurochemicals.

1. Pain tolerance is influenced by expectancies and interpretation of experiences.