PSY-1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Null Hypothesis, Psych, Falsifiability
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Emphasizes the physiological mechanisms influencing mind and behavior. Emphasizes ways in which psychological mechanisms might have evolved to. Emphasizes the way the mind processes information. How do people store and retrieve memories or learn associations between help solve adaptive problems faced by human ancestors. Emphasizes ways in which psychological processes are influenced by. Emphasizes how the brain and behavior change throughout the lifespan. Emphasizes implications for well-being when normal psychological processes. Emphasizes behavior varies around averages and individual differences often. Biological :aggressions is associated with low levels of serotonin. Evolutionary: we aggress against people who challenge our status. Cognitive: we learn to be more aggressive when we see aggression rewarded. Social: we are more aggressive when we are anonymous and unaccountable. Development: aggressive behavior decreases sharply from the mid-20"s on. Clinical: aggressive individuals tend to have low impulse control. Personality: aggressive people need to have very high self-esteem. A method of learning about reality through systematic observations and experimentations.
