PSYC 1103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Wilhelm Wundt
1 Mar 2017
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Psychology: scientific study of behavior and mind. Behavior: any overtly observable action at any level of abstraction. Walking, speech, iq scores, anxiety symptoms, etc. Mind: any covert, unobservable phenomenon that relates the organism to the environment. Interpersonal connection, what makes people choose merchandise: physiological (neuroscience) Why does the brain work the way it does: quantitative. Work in schools, focus on how to make educational systems better: personality. What makes people the way they are: animal. How did certain behaviors begin: community. Benefits to health of being in a particular state, being happy makes you healthier. Ex: press the button when you see the cube. Perception of the cube, then response and press the button. Press right button when you see blue cube and left button when you see the purple cube. Any difference in timing between these two experiments has to be the time it takes to make the decision.
