PSYC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Monism, Behaviorism, Empiricism
19 Jul 2016
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Psychology is the scientific study of behaviour and the mind. B=f(p,e) b = behaviour e = environment, p = personality. Clinical psychology is the study and treatment of mental disorders. Cognitive psychology specializes in the study of mental processes especially from a model that views the mind as an information processor: examines consciousness, attention, memory etc. Empirical evidence is gained through experience and observation. 6 perspectives in psychology test question: biological, cognitive, psychodynamic, humanist, sociocultural, behaviourist. Basic research: the quest for knowledge purely for its own sake. Applied research: designed to solve specific practical problems. Nature, nurture, and psychological factors all useful to gain the fullest understanding of behaviour. Perspectives are the different ways of viewing people. Mind body dualism is the belief that the mind and body are separate. Monism is the belief that it is not a separate spiritual entity. British empiricism held that all ideas and knowledge are gained empirically.
