PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sigmund Freud, Wilhelm Wundt, Psychoanalysis
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Psychology: the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Mental processes: covert, affect/feelings, moods, and emotions, cognitions: memory, thoughts, beliefs. ***about 7% of psychological research is conducted with non-human animals*** 57% of college graduates are female (people wanted to know how there are more women graduating from college than men. (70% of women with a psychology major) Explanation: why?? (theory) why is this mental process happening? (theories are mainly competing) theories usually have many hypothesis. Theory 1: problems start in the k-12 stage. Girls tend to handle impulses better -men can"t handle sitting down for this long (school has become longer) (goldin, katz, and kuziemko 2006) High school boys have a higher rate of arrest and suspension and spend less time on homework. Theory 2: result of different kinds of careers that men and women want. Women now started to enter fields that were primarily taken by men.
