PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Yogi Berra, Falsifiability, Sigmund Freud

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

Document Summary

Content of psychology: basic model & the abc"s. B behaviour (things that we do, the way we act) C cognition (thoughts, related to phenomenon; reasoning, decision making, all cognitive processes involved: we need to tease them apart, study them somewhat in isolation, then put them back together. (e. g. school shootings) Ivan pavlov is one of the pioneers of this movement. Behavioural: maybe some people are aggressive because they perceive others as more aggressive than they really are, maybe aggression increases their self esteem. Social cultural: powerful influence of social environment, friends, family, strangers, brings about a lot of social programs (group treatment, home treatment, etc. , unifies the other perspectives, has a broader outlook on psychology. You can see a lot just by looking. : first studies in psychology are made by observing the world around us, observation forms na ve theories.