PSY 2012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sigmund Freud, Unconscious Mind, Psych
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Psych is the study of overt and covert behaviors: overt: observable (actions and words) -use all 5 senses to detect, covert: covered (thoughts and emotions) -still real. There is a relationship between what we think&feel and what we do&say: covert can turn into overt and vice versa. The goal of psych is to come up with a set of rules that explain most behaviors most of the time. The rules enable us to predict behavior, to potentially control it, or to potentially prevent it. There is always an exception to every rule. Different psychologists explain the same behavior in different ways because they have different perspectives (behavior is still the same) Each explanation is supported by different degrees of research: more accurate explanations are supported by more research. Theoretical perspectives are approaches to behavior that enables psychologists to understand it from a particular viewpoint.
