PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Statistical Significance, Negative Relationship, Dyslexia

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Dan Meegan

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Psyc*1000 week 1: friday quiz 1, take notes when reading module, quiz- exclusively on textbook material, courselink- content- research participation. To introduce psychology as a research enterprise. To demonstrate that research is superior to common sense. To encourage you to think critically when presented with research findings: readings: Modules: 1. 1, 1. 2, 2. 1, 2. 2: does(cid:374)"t trust (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) se(cid:374)se, wont know if common sense is right or wrong or somewhere in-between. The scientific study of behaviour, thought, and experience, and how they can be affected by physical, mental, social, and environmental factors: ps(cid:455)(cid:272)holog(cid:455) is (cid:373)ore i(cid:374)terested o(cid:374) (cid:449)hat"s goi(cid:374)g o(cid:374) at a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual le(cid:448)el, different then other social science. Interested in what makes the individual to behave the way they do: organ of behaviour is the brain. Next topic: pop pychology: relevant book sections: The scientific method: module 1. 1, pages 3-5. The act of doing calculations magically induces thoughts of red hammers: note: no necessarily mutually exclusive.