PSY 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: American Psychological Association, Research, Margaret Floy Washburn
13 Apr 2017
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Cognition affects behavior: george a. miller defined the field of cognitive psychology, concerned w/ higher-order mental functions such as intelligence, thinking, language, memory, and decision making. Social psychology: kurt lewin founded the field, focuses on behavior on other people and their interactions with others, gordon allport the nature of prejudice (1954) First woman president of the american psychological association: margaret floy washburn. Second woman president of the apa: bernadette park. Psychological science"s content is of interest and value to many professions: physicians use knowledge of psychological science to better related to their patients, determine behaviors . Scientific inquiry: def is a way of finding answers to empirical questions (questions that can be answered through observation and measurement), scientific method systematic procedures for observing and measuring phenomena to answer questions. The scientific attitude: the scientific attitude is composed of curiosity (passion for exploration), skepticism (doubting and questioning) and humility (ability to accept responsibility when wrong).
