Psychology 2115A/B Lecture Notes - Metatheory, Dependent And Independent Variables, Scientific Method

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2115A/B
• Professor: Stephen Lupker

Document Summary

Perception: the process of extracting information from the environment (definition is incorrect) Perception: the conscious experience of objects and object relationships. Doesn"t like it as we perceive things unconsciously as well. A lot of different way to do this but can be started with meta-theory. Meta-theory: a set of untestable assumptions about the world which form the framework for subsequent scientific behaviour. The idea here is that you have to start somewhere. Plato and aristotle thought that the mind and the body was two separate entities and that if you want to understand people you must understand the mind however you can not study the mind. Decarte proposed that they may be two separate entities yet they somehow need to work together so he proposed a idea called interactionism He decided that the pinal gland on the base of the neck is the only spot that does not interact.