[PSYC 101] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (48 pages long)
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What it is/ what it is not. Deals with psychological disorders measure external) (pharmacy therapy) Presents a buffet, but not "all you can eat" . Empirical science - aside from commonsense, intuition, and authority: common sense: confirmation of common sense knowledge is often based on hindsight bias, intuition: the feeling you have about things. We can make faulty assumptions, not enough info: authority: elders or authority figures know best. Authority is not a strong enough reason to believe something is true. Visual cliff is an example of a positive adaptation. There are many ways to understand something. Based on interaction of biology, psychology, and social-cultural: biology: physical body, genetics. People are influenced by subtle environmental factors, automaticity of daily life. Schools of thought have changed over time >> refers to the dominant approach to how we understand things. Beginning of psychology comes from other fields: philosophy, biology, and medicine. First lab william wundt, structuralism, introspection.
