PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Active Listening, Study Skills, Social Comparison Theory

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

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Formal definition of psychology: scientific study of behavior, scientific meaning needs test to see if observations are accurate. Psych study: how u behave/act/overt, way in which u move your body, gestures, anything observable/how you think (mental/covert), how you feel (covert meaning no one can see it, and overt), how your body and brain respond (physiological/covert) Psychologists apply accumulated body of knowledge to real-world problems ex. Terrorism: social psychologist have models that are able to explain to consider the full picture. What are factors that are going to make this happen (adhd, drugs etc. ) Empirical method: measure and describe behavior objectively, have to have some agreement, diff ways of measuring. Signs based on letters you pick; k-the peacekeeper-libra. Psychiatrists (doctor, training is very different, most often in hospital), psychoanalysis (can be therapists, clinical psychologist, 4 years on couch doing presassociation making sense of your inner world) (can"t prescribe any drugs or any other medicine)