PSYCH 2999 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Consilience, Laity, Energy Drink
29 Apr 2018
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Psychology 2890 Test 1
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A it ore aout siee…
• “iee ioles preise easureet a.k.a uers
• Theories change over time as new observations are made
• Difference between output of science and understanding how the output came about
o Difference between taking intro and courses open to all students and being a
major
Purpose of the ajor…
• MOVE from
o Layperson, user, consumer
o Ex: Using apps on phones
• Towards
o Expert, researcher, scholar
o Ex: Cell phone repair
Not just facts from on high, you need to
• Read the original science and understand where it comes from
• Know how to apply it in real life
o Including limitations
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Consilience- we are all part of a system that has large and small pieces
• Ex: the eclipse from all different viewpoints
Courage
• Pur looks at the eperiee that soeoe gets he the’re ourageous ad ho the
felt/feel
• More likely to say that things are courageous when they were a positive experience
rather than a negative experience
• If someone does something that you agree with, but you do not see that it is risky then
ou o’t lael the as ourageous
• Courage also relates back to historical times but there are not from history on earth that
can talk about courage- this is a problem within research
Personality- what makes some people different than other people
• Happens at the level of the individual but explained in the brain, genetics, and a
molecular level as well as cultural levels
• The Big Fie- the most widely known structure of personality
Mental Disorders
• Closely linked to personality
• Can look at many levels to explain mental disorders and how they behave in society and
the institutions set up to help them
• Can look at the individual to understand their experience and can treat them with
psychotherapy and/or drugs
• Mental disorders are not just a chemical imbalance
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• Hallucinations- could be social, historic, or because of something traumatic that has
happened to you
• If ou hage soeoe’s ie of the orld, that a e just as effetie as ediatio
Psychological stamina aka alertness
• Solar scale- ex: feeling more alert in the morning rather than at night
• Physical scale- ex: Pury does not like that all the lights are off when she comes in the
room
• Caffeine makes people feel more alert
• To make other feel more alert brighter lights and a less soothing environment is not
necessary
• Scientific scale- ex: creating an energy drink by using a substance like caffeine
• Psychological scale- ex: if the lights were off and we were laying down would we fall
asleep?
Proficiency in Math
• Opportunities that people have to learn math in different places
• People doing math in an MRI machine
• Psychological scale- ex: how good am I and others at math
• Number of people in a mathematic related career
• Cultural scale- ex: the way other cultures and places teach math
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What Makes Psychology Different?
1. Focus on the individual
• The person is more important than the situation
2. Research methods
• Look at data
• A lot of collaboration
• Interested in finding out how the studies turn out
• Empirical- evidence based off of scientific observations (present data- at the core of
everything)
o Theory-> Prediction-> Observations-> Do the observations support the theory or
not
3. Measurement
• Be sure to otrat …
• Match data to individuals
• What and how you want to measure
o Ex: Motivation- how motivated are you feeling right now? (Scale of 1-7)
• Measurements always have error (plan for error)
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Rule #1
• Good psyhologists do’t take laels at fae alue
o Eerod out there THINK“ the ko hat persoalit is, hat itelligee
is, hat ourage is, et.
o The folks ho stud this stuff ill gie ou a earful…
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Document Summary
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