PSY 1 Lecture 1: Psy1Lecture1
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Noon 2:00pm (noncumulative) in class 2 hrs. Textbook chpts 7-10 and 12-15 not chapt 11) Your grade is determined by your total score (out of 170pts) as followers: The top 15% of the class a. The next 30% of the class b. The next 40% of the class c. The bottom 15% of the class d/f. A definition: "the scientific study of mind and behavior" Hence the name of our textbook: "psychological science" and our department: "psychological We infer from the behavior of people, and even animals, what is likely going on in their mind. The "scientific" study of mind and behavior requires us to employ critical thinking to evaluate information on the basis of well- supported evidence. An example is the lay-person"s common misunderstanding of correlational data . Research methods: case studies, naturalistic observations, questionnaires and surveys, experiments. Naturalistic observations: objective observations and recording of normal behaviors in natural environments.
