PSYCH101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Spermarche, Prefrontal Cortex, Scrotum

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Psych midterm review (module 1) introducing psych and research methods. Theories are built from hypotheses that are repeatedly tested and confirmed. Theories are used by scientists to generate hypothesis. Evidence can be used to support a theory or falsifies a theory; it can also update a current theory with new evidence to help ensure science is self-correcting. A good theory becomes an accepted explanations of behavior or other natural phenomena and when it can be backed-up with strong evidence about it. Psych is the study of behavior, thought and experience, the biopsychosocial mode is explaining how behavior is the result of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors. It"s an important model because : biological (structures/chemicals/hormones) influences on our behavior, psychological (how family, peers, and social situation determine how we think, feel, and behave, sociocultural (incorporate influences of ethnicity and gender in discussion of human behavior)

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