PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Edward B. Titchener, Wilhelm Wundt, Christian Mortalism
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Senses: sight, smell, taste, hearing, touch + take info from outside ourselves + interpret. Helps to understand persons motives, thoughts, desires, intentions, moods, actions. Helps to understand ourselves and others helps to improve relationships/lives. Psychology: systematic + objective study of our mental activity and our behavior, focuses on mental activity, behavior, brain processes. Mental activity: helps perceive world set info in unique ways responsible for memories, thoughts. Behavior: actions as a result to sensing + interpreting. Esp: ability to receive info directly through mind not through physical senses. Critical thinking: systematically evaluate info to reach reasonable conclusions based on evidence. Use logic + reasoning to find bias or holes. Mozart effect: news misinterpreted results of this experiment. Studying psych academic success: attention/memory, how to analyze info, draw conclusions. Studying psych professional success: how can health workers relate to their patients or how children behavior changes over time.
