PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Cognitive Revolution, Psychoanalysis, Cultural Psychology
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Psychology as the scientific study of behavior thought and experience. The scientific method: a way to learning about the world through collecting observations, proposing explanations for the observations, developing theories to explain them and using the theories to make predictions. A hypothesis: is a testable prediction about the processes that can be observed and measured. A testable hypothesis is one that can be confirm and rejected. Pseudoscience: which refers to ideas that are presented as science but do not actually utilize basic principles of scientific thinking or procedure. A theory is an explanation for a board range of observations that also generates new hypothesis and integrates numerous findings into a coherent whole. Theories are built from hypothesis that are repeatedly rested and confirmed. This model is a means of explaining behavior as a product of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors. Biological influences on our behavior involve brain structures, chemicals, hormones, and drug effects.
