PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Speech Perception, Episodic Memory, Mental Calculation

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Paul Wehr

Document Summary

History of phycology developing theories to explain them, and using the theories to make predictions. Phycology is the scientific study of behaviour, thought and experience and how they can be affected by physical, mental, social and environmental factors. Scientific method is a way of learning about the world through collecting observations, Scientific theories generate hypotheses, which are specific and testable predictions. If a hypothesis is confirmed, new hypothesis may stem from it, and the original theory receives added support. If a hypothesis is rejected, the original hypothesis may be modified and retested or the original theory may be modified or rejected. and sociocultural factors. Hypothesis is a testable prediction about processes that can be observed and measured. Falsifiable means that the hypothesis is precise enough that it could be proven false. principles of scientific thinking or procedure. hypothesis and integrates numerous findings into a coherent whole.