PSYC2911 Final: PSYC2911 Exam Guide
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What is the central problem of psychology: measurement: we are not studying a physical thing so we don(cid:495)t have properties that can be measured. What is materialism: the cause of a psychological phenomena is the stuff that causes it (the central nervous system, measuring cns biology might be an effective method for measuring mental states manipulating. Cns biology should manipulate mental states: using biology to explain psychology so that you can measure and manipulate mental states. Ignores mental events is insufficient data or experimental control) Legacy: experimental analysis of behaviour and behaviour modification techniques, assessing and changing the environmental determinants of operant behaviours, changing emotional behaviour, habits can be created: lead to cognitive behavioural therapy. What is psychophysics: the mathematical relationship between reality and conscious perception. Reinforcers: anything that increases the probability of a response in that context, defined by its observed effect on behaviour and not by its subjective qualities.
