PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cultural Psychology, Personality Psychology, Scientific Method
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Psychology is the scientific study of behavior, thought, and experience, and how they can be affected by physical, mental, social and environmental factors. The study of people and human interaction, on a cognitive, social or biological level. People are generally unaware of the influences on their behavior. Origins of psychology as a science, historical and modern barriers to the recognition of psychology as a scientific discipline. World war ii and social psychology saw the decade of the brain". There are no simple answers to why people think, feel, and behave the way they do. Bio psychological model idea that behavior is a product of biological, psychological, and socio-cultural factors, all of which can interact and influence on another. From evolutionary adaptations that have shaped the human brain over thousands of years, to your own personal experiences that can change your brain within a tiny fraction of that time. People"s experience of the world is highly subjective.
