PSY100H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Stereotype Threat, Human Sexual Response Cycle, Facial Feedback Hypothesis
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Psychology: the scienti c study of behavior, thought and experience, and how they can be affected by physical, mental, social, and environmental factors. Scienti c method: a 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 scienti c thinking or procedure. Biopsychosocial model: a means of explaining behaviour as a product of biological, psychological and sociocultural factors. Scienti c literacy: the ability to understand, analyze, and apply scienti c information. Critical thinking: involves exercising curiosity and skepticism when evaluating the claims of others and with our own assumptions and beliefs. The basic model guides us through the steps of the scienti c method. Scienti c theories generate hypotheses, which are speci c and testable predictions.
