PSYC 1020H Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: Doctor Of Psychology, Descriptive Statistics, Evolutionary Psychology

• School: Trent University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1020H
• Professor: Brenda Smith- Chant

Document Summary

Empirical: relying on or derived from observaion, experimentaion, or measurement. Psychology: the discipline concerned with behavior and mental processes and how they are afected by an organism"s physical state, mental state, and external environment. Psychobabble: pseudoscience and quackery covered by the veneer of psychological and scieniic-sounding language (promises easy ixes to life problems) Criical thinking: the ability and willingness to assess claims and make objecive judgment on the basis of well- supported reasons and evidence, rather than emoion or anecdote. Occam"s razor: the principle of choosing the soluion that accounts for the most evidence while making the fewest unveriied assumpion. Phrenology: the now discredited theory that diferent brain areas account for speciic character and personality traits, which can be read from bumps on the skull. Humanist psychology: a psychological approach that emphasizes personal growth and the achievement of human potenial, rather than the scieniic understanding and assessment of behavior.