PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Empiricism, Psychoanalysis, Donald O. Hebb

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Anne Bergen

Document Summary

Chapter 1 psychology: the science of behaviour. What brain processes regulate sleep and dreaming: there must be evidence to support a scientific claim! They were divided into 2 research groups (eagles and rattlers). They got along well until a series of competitive games created hostility. Increasing contact among the groups only created more hostility. There are groups of multicultural individuals, each with a piece of information and in order to pass the test they must piece together the information like a jigsaw puzzle. They appreciate and feel appreciated: these types of cooperative learning have encouraging results. Influence or control behaviour through knowledge and control of its causes to enhance human welfare: if we understand causes of behaviour we will be able to successfully predict when the behaviour will occur. If we can"t control the causes we should be able to control behaviour.