PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1.1: Scientific Literacy, Pseudoscience, Scientific Method
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Biopsychosocial model: explanation of behaviour through biological, psychological and sociocultural factors. Psychology: study of human behaviour, thought and experience and how it can be affected by social, mental, physiological and environmental factors. Critical thinking: being curious and skeptical when analyzing claims of others without involving your own personal belief/opinion. Hypothesis: testable prediction of processes that can be observed and measured. Theory: general principles or explanations of some aspect of the world. Scientific literacy: ability to understand, apply and analyze scientific information. Scientific method: one who carefully follows a process of observing, predicting, and testing anything is conducting science. Pseudoscience: an idea that is presented as scientific but does not use scientific method or procedures. Cyber emotional intelligence: a new line of research that examines the assumptions that we make about people based on their online personalities. A collection of disciplines composed of many overlapping fields of study.
