PSY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Blood Pressure, Tabula Rasa, Psychophysiology
19 Oct 2016
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Scientific study of the mind and behaviour. Major subject of study in colleges and universities. Aimed at discovering how the mind works. Making the world easier for people by healing people. Teacher training, behaviour management, working with children with disabilities, delays or special talents. Selecting and training new recruits, improving morale, communication and satisfaction. Apply research to criminal justice and rehabilitation systems (e. g. eyewitness testimony or lineups) Apply research to the design of new products (e. g. their shape, function, colour and feel) Conduct experiments and collect systematic observations to discover the basic principles of behaviour and mind. Design studies, collect data and try to work out how the mind works. Take the results of those studies and use them to help children learn more effectively, design better products or help treat people who are experiencing mental problems. Believed that the mind and body belonged to separate realms which interacted through the pineal gland.
