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Harvey Swadlow
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James Chrobak
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Sumarga Suanda
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Alexandra Paxton
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J. Dixon
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PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Wilhelm Wundt, Sigmund Freud, Psychoanalytic Theory
Psychology : in greek, means the study of the soul. In early history, there was no differentiating the mind and the soul/spirit. Psychology-related top
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PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Observer-Expectancy Effect, Falsifiability, Random Assignment
Based on analytic thinking: a step-by-step way of thinking; breaking a system into individual, manageable components. Using empirical evidence scientif
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PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Statistical Inference, Spurious Relationship, Descriptive Statistics
Basic descriptive statistics measures of central tendency. Mean (m): add up all numbers and divide by how many numbers there are. Normal distribution:
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PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Literacy Test, Cognitive Dissonance, Stanford Prison Experiment
Do the best science you can (lecture 6, slide 4) Working through each step of the process, examining ourselves for any bias. Giving everyone else as mu
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PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Cytosine, Tachycardia, Guanine
Psyc 1100 lecture 7 scientific literacy 4 + biopsychology 1. Original study (fritz strack): examining whether our facial expressions can influence our
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PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Necker Cube, Edward B. Titchener, Electromagnetic Spectrum
Psyc1100 lecture 9 - sensation and perception i. Office hours rescheduled to friday 10/5 3-4pm bous127. We have 5 senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste,
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PSYC 1100 Lecture 10: PSYC1100 Lecture 9 - Sensation and Perception II
Cornea: the covering, protects the eye, helps focus light, not able to move itself. Pupil: allows light in, adjusts to let in more/less light in -- thi
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PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning, Hebbian Theory
Blinking when something approaches your eye, knee jerk when hit with hammer, etc. Newborn gazelle running from a cheetah, survival. Dog excited at its
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PSYC 1100 Lecture 12: PSYC1100 Lecture 12 - Learning II
Learning a connection between a behavior and that behaviors. Thought we could only study observable behavior b. f. skinner took this and made it his th
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