PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Gustav Fechner, Edward B. Titchener, Wilhelm Wundt
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What 99% of the population thinks anyone getting a phd in psych does. Ergonomics (how well you"re able to interact with something, being efficient in interactions) Workplace psych and understanding what is best for employees. Stages in life and at what point people reach those stages. Philosophy: study of general and fundamental nature of reality, existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind and language. Science: a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Determinism: the universe is governed by lawful, cause-and-effect relationships. Scientific method: systematic way of generating factual knowledge while minimizing the potential for error and bias; relies on philosophical principles of determinism and empiricism. Falsifiable- never proven , only supported and always subject to revision. Mechanistic- clear cause and effect, not supernatural. Consistent- must account for all empirical evidence. Theory- a hypothesis that has been repeatedly tested and not falsified. Provides framework for generating new cause and effect predictions.
