PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Psychodynamics, Behaviorism

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Richard Ennis

Document Summary

) person (who we are based on our environment, Psychodynamic: subconscious forces) behavior (behaviourism: overt responses) outcomes. Psychodynamics: subconscious forces that drive who we are. Behaviourism: overt responses, acting based on reward etc. (cause and effect) Biological: how the brain comes into play w/ our thoughts/perceptions, evolution, genetics etc. Socio-cultural: i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)es of o(cid:374)e"s world o(cid:374) our thoughts feeli(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d per(cid:272)eptio(cid:374)s. Goals of science: understand, explain, predict, control. From theory to theory: improving and refining your theory (going from one theory to the next: develop theory, form hypothesis, carry out observation, analyze results: see if results support or refute hypothesis, refine theory: Empirical: process of testing a hypothesis using experimentation, direct or indirect observation & experience. Replicable: if 1 person duplicates the experiment, they get the same results. Correlation: just (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause two thi(cid:374)gs (cid:272)orrelate does(cid:374)"t (cid:374)e(cid:272)essarily (cid:373)ea(cid:374) that o(cid:374)e (cid:272)auses the other. Must manipulate one of the factors to see if one does in fact cause the other.