PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hypothalamus, Random Assignment, Psychoanalysis
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Psychology: the scientific study of behavior and the mind. Answers questions and tests beliefs about the natural world. Taking an active role in understanding the world. Explain: how people act as they do. Control: design research or experiment for the proposed question. Application: apply the knowledge to human welfare. Basic research: knowledge for its own sake. (seeking information) Environmental level: past and current events, environments that people are exposed to. Nature (biological level) + nurture (environmental level) = us! Mind-body interactions: the relationship between mental processes and the functioning of other bodily systems. Ex: thinking of a favorite food (psychological level) ------- hunger pangs (biological level) British empiricism: ideas and knowledge are gained through the senses. Phrenology: tell the personality based on the structure, lumps of the brains. Psychophysics: psychologically experienced sensations depend on the characteristics of physical stimuli. Darwin"s theory of evolution: the human mind is a product of the biological continuity between human and other species.
