PSYB01H3 Lecture : Lecture 1
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Psychology is the explicit study of how people think, feel, and behave. Many themes and studies contained within the discipline personality, learning and memory, social development, hormones and behaviour, abnormal behaviour, relationships and emotion, clinical issues. All disciplines are concerned with fundamental issues of human experience. But, psychology focuses on the use of scientific method. Rely on experience and authority in the construction of our beliefs. Illustrate the limitations of non-scientific approach (and scientific approach). Teach scientific method as it applies to psychology. Teach how to write a research paper (research proposal/review) Why use the scientific method in psychology. Methods we use in day to day world and in some other disciplines subject to numerous limitations. Tend to rely on opinions of authority figures. E. g: sometimes we are more clear about our bodies than doctors. Brief descriptions about claire made by her friends. After reading each statement, i will ask you some questions about claire.
