PSY 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Margaret Floy Washburn, Edward B. Titchener, Humanistic Psychology
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Psychology"s four goals description explanation: what is happening? prediction control, will it happen again, how can it be changed, why is it happening? o theory - general explanation of a set of observations or facts. *there is a book called dsm published by the american psychiatric association. > provides a formal description of psychiatric disorders. Emergence of philosophy and science in psychology rationalism: truth through reason: rene descartes: animal spirit and hydraulic pressure causes behavior empiricism: truth through observation, measurement, and experimentation o. John locke: all knowledge comes from experience the chemical released into your fibers: acetylcholine [allows muscle movement] Genes and behavior genes > protein + enzymes > physiology + anatomy > behavior: environment can affect genes & proteins + enzymes. Genes and behavior: issues: genes are not direct to behavior direct/indirect profound: exclusivity, genes are important, genes are not exclusive, environment also contribute to behavior.
