PSYC 180 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Tantrum
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The physical sciences find causal relationship between physical events (stimuli) and behavior (responses) The belief that everything has a cause we just don"t know it yet. Has psychology adopted this approach: no, most of psychology has not adopted this approach. Because most of psychology is still looking at things that we cant see or observe. Smiling something someone does when they are happy. Crying something someone does when they are upset or hurt. Running something someone does when they are scared, they like it: stimuli that caused you to get scared physical. What physical causes actual cause these behaviors. Experiences: included experiences with people, doing certain activities, experiences with places, people, things will impact how often to do a behavior. Drugs: both illegal and legal act on the brain to alter some type of behavior (decrease or increase) Anytime you define a behavior: it must be: observable, measurable, reliable.
