PSYCH 7A Study Guide - Winter 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Memory, Classical Conditioning, Anxiety

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 7A
• Professor: John Hagedorn

Document Summary

Psych 7a - lecture 1 - the science of psychology. Logos the study of a subject. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Behavior anything an organism does that is directly observable. Mental processes the internal, private experiences we have that cannot be directly observed. Systematic methods (carefully planned and conducted) to observe, describe, explain behavior. People naturally use their common sense and intuition when trying to understand people"s behaviors. Our intuitions / common sense come from our experiences. However, the knowledge that comes from our experiences is not reliable. We have a limited number of experiences in any particular situation. We draw conclusions about situations where we don"t know all the variables/information. Our intuitions and common sense can be just plain wrong! Critical thinking the ability of systematically and objectively evaluate information using well-supported evidence. Critical thinkers look for holes in the evidence. Can we trust the source of this evidence .