PSYC 001 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sound, Psychometrics, Psychophysics
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Note: only know the information on this study guide from previously tested material, and focus mostly on lecture material questions will mostly come from lecture material on these topics. Still supplement your studying by what the book says, but focus on lecture material. Psychology defined: scientific study of thought and behavior. Philosophy & medicine as parent disciplines to psychology. Psychophysics: the study of how people psychologically perceive physical stimuli such as light, sound waves, and touch. Natural selection: a feedback process whereby nature favors one design over another because it has an impact on reproduction. What is science: relies on observation vs logic which can only tell us how things should work. Scientific method: the procedures by which scientists conduct research, consisting of the 5 basic processes of observation, prediction, testing, interpretation, and communication. Descriptive-field observation: a study designed to depict the participants in an accurate way where a researcher observes the subject in its natural environment.
