PSYC 1010 Lecture 10: Psychology 1010- Mini Lecture

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Agnieszka Kopinska

Document Summary

Mini-lecture: chapter 1: definition of psychology, goals of psychology (the empirical method, carers of psychology. Focusing on p. 24-25 in text today- look at diagram on those pgs. Culture of silence and psycho-pharmaceutical explosion on college campuses. Understand and explain behaviour scientifically: rigorous research designs (to be sure they have findings before conformitting it final) iii. ) Empirical evolution: test predictions using quantitative approaches, statistics. Research areas in psychology p. (cid:884)5 in text ii. ) Themes related to psychology as a field of study. Theme 1: psychology is empirical: empiricism is the premise that knowledge should be acquired through observation, conclusions are based on direct observation rather than reasoning. Theme 4: behaviour is determined by multiple causes. Theme 6: heredity and environment jointly influence behaviour: genetics and experience jointly influence and individual"s intelligence, subject"s perceptions are swayed by their motives shows how people genetic inheritance and experience interact mould behaviour.