PSY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Scientific Method, Heart Rate, Libido
21 Sep 2016
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Psy 102: second lecture notes: scientific methods and research methods in psychology: eclecticism, modern psychologists integrate many ideas from different perspectives, using a variety of concepts, theories, and methods to explain mind and behaviour. Mind is like a computer (it is an info processing system) Biological perspective: developments in methodology also allowed psychologists to examine the biological mind in action. Eegs and erps: functional magnetic ri (the ones listed below. The harder your brain is working, the more blood it needs. Psycho-physiological methods: the visual cliff originally an observational method. The baby could not be encouraged to walk across the clear glass (depth: jump off the cliff, even if their mothers were on the other side, campor, langer, and krowitz (1970) Baby was not afraid of depth but just interested. Babies can perceive depth but takes a while: brain biochemistry to be afraid of it. Certain psychological problems have a basis of imbalances in the natural chemicals of the brain.
