PY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Edward B. Titchener, Conditioned Taste Aversion, Pheromone
16 Nov 2017
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Chapter 1: the study of behavior and mental processes. The 4 main goals are describe, explain, predict, and control: gives the appearance of science but is false, basic research is research conducted to advance scientific knowledge. Applied research is research designed to solve practical problems: edward titchener, william james, she was the first black woman awarded a phd from columbia. Integrates biological processes, psychological factors and social forces: research method in which variables are observed or measured to identify relationships between them. Chapter 3: sensation is the process by which receptors in our sensory organs and the nervous system receive and detect stimuli. Perception is the process through which information about these stimuli is organized, interpreted, and transformed into something meaningful. Transduction is he process of transforming stimuli into neural signals: top-down processing and bottom-up processing, the weakest sensory stimuli that can be detected 50% of the time, stimuli presented below conscious awareness.
