PSY 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Spiritualism, Skeptical Movement, Wilhelm Wundt
24 Oct 2016
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Psychology is the scientific study of the mind brain and behaviour. Psychology can be described as a discipline that spans multiple levels of analysis. Biological: molecular or neurochemical involves molecules and brain structure. Psychological: mental or neurological level involves thoughts, feelings and emotions. Social culture influences: social or behavioural level involves relating to others and personal relationships. Five challenges: most human behaviour is multiply determined that is, produced by many factors. Tempted to explain complex human behaviour in single factors but that would be wrong because behaviours are due to an enormous array of factors: psychological influences are rarely independent of one another. Makes it difficult to pin down which causes or causes are operating. Can"t just focus on one factor because they tend to be interrelated: people differ from one another in terms of thinking, emotion, personality, and behaviour. Individual differences help to explain why we each respond in different ways to the same objective situation.
