PSY 100 Lecture 1: Chapter 1 Intro and Reseach Methods pdf
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American heritage dictionary: the science of the mind or of mental states and processes, the science of human and animal behavior. Huffman and dowdell: the scienti c study of behavior and mental processes. Which of the following is more true: birds of a feather ock together, opposites attract. What does it mean to be a science: content seems less scienti c we have the same process as other hard sciences , we utilize the scienti c method. Psychodynamic: newer version , stands for freud, freud compares the mind to an iceberg. Behavioral: learning theory: the behaviorist, principles of learning are the same for everyone, animals / humans. Humanistic: free will (we get to decide what we want, positive psychology : (how to be happy books) Cognitive: any mental processes (problem solving, decision making, perception, etc. , all in the mind. Biological: how do our genes impact how we are, biology of behavior, brain.
