[PSYC 104] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 38 pages long Study Guide!

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The scientific study of the mind, brain, and behaviour. Behaviour is difficult to predict: behaviour often has a pattern, similar to students to picking a seat during the first class. There are going to be countless factors and no one psychologist will have the knowledge to fully understand because it is impossible: behaviour is hard to predict because humans are unpredictable, best predictor is past behaviour. Multicollinearity: the reasons for behaviour are often intertwined. Influencing factors are rarely independent because one will effect another. Calories i(cid:374)put = output ho(cid:449)e(cid:448)e(cid:396) afte(cid:396) m(cid:272)do(cid:374)ald(cid:859)s (cid:455)ou do(cid:374)(cid:859)t ofte(cid:374) go to the g(cid:455)(cid:373) a(cid:374)d afte(cid:396) a work out you do not eat fast food. People affect each other: people effect people ex. In a room by oneself they will be good but once you add others in the room changes their behaviour: real world vs. Psychologists do not all agree: (cid:862)ja(cid:374)gle falla(cid:272)(cid:455)(cid:863) belief that things of same name = same thing.