PSY 105 Lecture Notes - Wilhelm Wundt, Psychology Today, Edward B. Titchener
20 Feb 2014
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Psychology is the scientific study of mental processes & behaviour. Eg. why students go to one class but not the other, maybe this is because of the number of tests or the interest level: control=not meant to be harmful, eg. uoft students are more unhappy than. Ryerson students, researchers can use control like maybe changing the circumstances that make the students unhappy. & thoughts; one"s belief system or everything about the person that"s subjective: the group=the influence of being around people, eg. friends, family, culture; how we display ourselves in a group setting. Psychology is more about empirical data vs. morality. How brain structure and brain cell activity differ from person to person and situation to situation. How the content of the individual"s mental processes form and influence behaviour. How behaviour is shaped by the social and cultural environments. What are the patterns of brain activation as people interact with.
