PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Iceberg, Unconscious Mind, Electric Light
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Reasons (why people do stuff) are important determine/predict outcomes. Clearer reasons more control on outcomes (higher probability) Know how we experience world greater control over outcome. Help you understand yourself a little better (as a person) Deal with stress better and own issues. Psychology provides important insights into people, but hard b/c very diverse and road discipline with many overlaps. Help you reason more systematically at a critical point (avoid random/gut guessing)- such as after narrowing down to 2 mc possibilities. Integrated idea/framework instead of disjointed bits of info. Lessons that century of research has taught us change understanding of people and world. Taking notes= cues to trigger set of ideas (conclusion)- synthesis understanding (why important) Fundamental insights: reality is a story, told to us by our brains. People have diff. perspectives but feel that our reality (point of view) is the real one: attention!