PS200 Lecture Notes - Cognitive Dissonance, Empiricism, Syllogism
10 May 2013
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Goals of psychology: describe processes, understand etiology, predict events, influence outcome, apply knowledge. Tenacity willingness to accept idea as true because it"s always been true. Intuition knowing that operates without any intellectual effort or sensory imput (jung: believes it is in the unconscious) Reference to authority accepting an idea as valid because an authority figure says it is. Rationalism thinking something through in a logical way until one arrives at a logical conclusion (introspection) Empiricism gaining knowledge through direct observation (doesn"t allow perception beyond observation) Apriori knowledge = knowing something before the fact. Deductive syllogism = conclusion derived from set of given premises. Four core values of science: accuracy, objectivity, skepticism, open-mindedness. Mcdougal (1908) = social behavior may come from instincts as well.
