PSYC 2410 Lecture : PSYC 1100 NOTES.pdf
27 Nov 2013
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Chapter 1 psychology: the science of behaviour. Psychology = the scientific study of behaviour and the factors that influence it. Taking into account biological, individual and environmental factors. Basic and applied science: two types of research, basic research: knowledge gained purely for its own sake. The goals are to describe how people behave and to identify factors that influence it. Uses principles discovered via basic research to solve practical problems. Goals of psychology: four basic goals: deupic. Importance of perspectives: describe how people and animals behave, explain and understand the causes of the behaviour, predict how people and animals behave under certain conditions. Influence or control the behaviour through knowledge and control of causes: diverse viewpoints allows for enriched understanding of behaviour and its causes, six different perspectives: biological, cognitive, psychodynamic, behavioural, humanistic, and sociocultural. In 1929, invention of electroencephalogram (eeg) allowed researchers to measure electrical activity of large areas of brain.
