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Psychology: the scientific study of behaviour, thought, and experience, and how they can be affected by physical, mental, social, and environmental factors. Scientific method: way of learning about the world through collecting observations, developing theories to explain them, and using the theories to make predictions. Hypothesis: a testable prediction about processes that can be observed and measured. Pseudoscience: an idea that is presented as science but does not actually utilize basic principles of scientific thinking or procedure. Theory: an explanation for a broad range of observations that also generates new hypotheses and integrates numerous findings into a coherent whole. Theories are not that same as opinions/beliefs. A measure of a good theory is not the number of people who believe it to be true. Biopsychosocial model: means of explaining behaviour as a product of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors. Scientific literacy: ability to understand, analyze, and apply scientific information. (learning new info)

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