Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Center For American Progress, The Scientists, Natural Selection

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- Dehoog

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Ology branch of knowledge: psyche soul, spirit, self, or life, psychology scientific study of behaviour (actions, thoughts, feelings, reactions, goals are to: describe, understand, predict, and control. Philosophy ideas about how knowledge can be acquired (study how we acquire knowledge: 2. Philosophical perspective: nativism knowledge is innate (inherited, focus on hereditary factors, nature, empiricism knowledge gained through observation and our senses, experiences, study only what could be observed, nurture, rationalism knowledge gained through logic and reasoning. History of studying behaviour philosophical influences (the philosophers: aristotle, empiricism is born knowledge through experience, environment and upbringing shape cognitive abilities. History of studying behaviour natural science (the scientists: charles darwin, natural selection (cid:862) ur(cid:448)i(cid:448)al of the fittest(cid:863) Individuals who are best suited for their environment survive and their genes get passed onto future generations: nothing special about humans, hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)s (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e studied s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)tifi(cid:272)all(cid:455) (cid:894)up u(cid:374)til this poi(cid:374)t, hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)s ha(cid:448)e(cid:374)"t.