PSY 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Myelin, Neuroglia, Neurotransmitter Receptor
24 Oct 2016
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You would choose a correlational research design over an experimental design when cause and effect cannot be established: define the independent and dependent variable. The independent variable is something that is controlled by the experimenter. The mind is defined as mental activities" such as thoughts and feelings: define the brain. Cognitive psychology focuses specifically on mental processes such as perception and memory. Biological psychology focuses on the neurobiological process that underlie behavior and mental process. Wilhem wundt established the first psychological lab in leipzig. Wundt also developed introspection, a method for studying the mind: define critical thinking. Critical thinking is thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions. Scientific inquiry is scientific thinking that uses objective, systematic procedures in order to develop an accurate understanding of the phenomena under study: define data. Data is objective observations or measurement: define experiments and cause-effect claims. An experiment is a study that tests cause- effect hypothesis by measuring and manipulating variables.
