PSY 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Scantron Corporation, Sampling Bias, Sample Size Determination
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The scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Behavior- overt and covert (you can see or not) Mental processes- affect, behavior, cognition processes- multi-steps (there is no physical properties to it) Psychology focuses on critical thinking (international, conscious, objective, goal- oriented) - (the primary focus is always on the people) Pseudopsychologies (astrology, psychics, etc ) are nonscientific and excluded in this class because they don"t follow the rules and they are not in science. Describe: factual, neutral information (need to based on facts) based on sensory experiences (what you see, hear, smell) - the sensory experiences are what make the neutral information. Explain: identify conditions of behavior or mental processes. Control: reduce/rid undesirable or start/increase desirable behaviors or mental processes. How to change this behavior or mental process. Biasned, unrepresentative sample" convenience sample (on the exam you have to choose both answers) Stress is the dependent variable and the colors is the independent variable.
