Psychology 2800E Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Falsifiability, Anagram, Punching Bag

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2800E
• Professor: Glen Gorman

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Lecture 1: psychology as a way of thinking. Helps you think critically on a daily basis. Give you background to sort information and delve into the methods (think critically about surveys/headlines) No matter what career we choose, it"ll affect us. Search info to influence your life (ex: weight loss tips, healthy foods) Ex: buying a new product and reading reviews (ex: 3 peoples opinions are less valuable then 725 peoples opinions) You have to find a rational (support) for your research to evaluate if the research is good enough. Learning about the research process helps to make you a critical thinking and is key in life to be able to rationally and effectively evaluate. Contact-comfort theory as an example of theory-data cycle. >ex: baby monkey with steel and cloth mother . Cupboard theory=mother was valid because she provided food so pleasure is associated with parent. Harlow was not convinced and proposed contact-comfort theory=baby wants warmth and comfort.