PSY 1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: Standard Deviation, Convenience Sampling, Table Tennis
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Psychology: the systematic study of behavior and experience. Almost every aspect of behavior depends on age and other aspects, you have to know what it depends on in order to be accurate. Confidence in the conclusions depends on the strength of the research. Scientific approach assumes that we live in a universe of cause and effect. Determinism: the idea that every event has a cause (determinant) that one could determine or measure. Free will: the belief that behavior is caused by a person"s independent decisions. Some scientists maintain that free will is an illusion. The you that makes your decisions is a product of your heredity and the events of your life. The test of determinism is empirical (based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or logic) If everything you do has a cause, your behavior should be predictable. The mind-brain problem: the philosophical question of how experience relates to the brain.
