PSYA01H3 Lecture 1: Notes-sem1 (1)
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Psychology - scientific study of behavior, thought, and experience, and how they can be affected by physical, mental, social, and environmental factors. Scientific method - way of learning about the world through collecting observations, developing theories to explain them, and using the theories to make predictions. Hypothesis (plural: hypotheses) - testable prediction about processes that can be observed and measured. Can be supported or rejected (you do not prove a hypothesis), and a scientific hypothesis must be testable. (specific prediction) Self-correcting - bad ideas typically do not last long in the sciences. Bio-psychosocial model - means of explaining behavior as a product of biological, psychological, and socio-cultural factors. Scientific literacy - the ability to understand, analyzes, and applies scientific information. Critical thinking - involves exercising curiosity and skepticism when evaluating the claims of others, and with our own assumptions and beliefs. 1 is not unusual) and hallucinations while in the paralyzed state.
