PSYCH 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Collectivism, Classical Conditioning, Study Skills
28 Mar 2018
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3/28/18 lecture notes: psychology is a way of thinking. Your learning goals: conceptual knowledge, experimental skills (research producer, critical thinking skills (research consumer, communication/interpersonal skills. Be skeptical about psychological claims in news media. John oliver video: be careful of one size fits all solutions, be careful of splashy claims, be skeptical of news media and claims. Science is the process of trying to discover truth. Learning styles: tailor teaching to different learning styles, you only use 10% of your brain, right brain vs. left brain, playing brain games makes you smarter. Science is a way of thinking: psychology is a domain that investigates claims about human thought and behavior using scientific methods, claims must be falsifiable to test them scientifically. Statements describing general principles about how variables relate to one another: broader explanation that accounts the information in the data (best explanation at the time, theories cannot be proven.
