PSYCO104 Study Guide - Scientific Method, Operational Definition, Falsifiability
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Chapter 1: the study of behavioral and mental events, broadly construed, behaviour: observable actions produced by the body, mind: private thoughts, beliefs and experiences. Different studies: how people manage life issues, how we change during our life span, how we interpret words, how we acquire new skills, brain function and organization, anything else to do with mind or behaviour. If you are the village shaman and someone comes to you that acts weird they must have a spirit and you should cut a hole in their head to let it out. Aristotle: was a student of plato, believed that observations were important as long as you observed properly. Pencil: made of graphite, wood, aluminium, eraser, paint (but what type of wood, what are the properties of the paint, what is the eraser made out of ) The christian church burns/locks away a lot of books from aristotle and plato.
