PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Phi Phenomenon, Natural Selection, Roger Wolcott Sperry

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1001
• Professor: Bruce Tsuji

Document Summary

Science that studies behaviour and the physiological and cognitive processes that underlie it, and it is the profession that applies the accumulated knowledge of this science to practical problems. (weiten & mccann, 2013, p. 23; emphasis added) Science - using research to determine universals in human behaviour - as opposed to folk legends, intuition, palmistry, etc. Profession - includes clinical psychology (treatment of those with psychological disorders) as well as many other ways that psychological research can be applied to real life. Do others have similar dreams: many, many others (b) example of psychology as a science. Cognitive abilities: fluid or fixed: fluid: when i work harder i get more, fixed: (there is a limit to your cognitive ability) I have x ability; no more, no less: when i reach my limit, no matter how hard i try, that"s it. Study: wood & bandura (1989) social cognitive theory of organizational management.