PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Personality Psychology, Quantitative Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
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Psyc 101 - lecture 3 - areas of psychology and research. Personality psychology - trying to classify people according to di erent traits and trying to understand if those traits are consistent over time and situation. Biological/neuroscience - the biological process underlying feelings, thinking, and behavior. Quantitative psychology - analysis of psychological data. Cognitive psychology - concerned with the cognitive processes that underly feelings and behavior. Population - the ultimate group of interest. Sample - the group that you"re looking at in your study. Generalization - you want to make sure your result generalizes for the ultimate group of interest. Naturalistic observation - observing behavior that naturally occur. Survey research - a way of getting people"s attitudes about a wide range of topics - dont always know if the person is answering truthfully. Attitude doesn"t correspond to how someone behaves. Case study - obtaining a lot of information about a small number of individuals.
