PSYC 2310 Chapter Notes -Syphilis, Motivational Interviewing, Hypochondriasis
12 Mar 2013
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Chapters 1, 2, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, appendix. Psychology: the scientific study of behaviour and the factors that influence it. Behaviour: directly observable activity; mental processes (thinking, motivation) Basic research: the quest for knowledge purely for its own sake. Applied research: designed to solve specific practical problems. Goals of psychology: describe, explain and understand, predict, influence or control. Robbers cave to the jigsaw program: psychologists at a camp studied boys in robbers cave, oklahoma. The boys were divided into two groups and called themselves the eagles and the. They lived in different cabins but did activities together and got along well until the experimenters began to pit them against one another in a series of competitive contests. Eventually, strong hostility grew between the two groups and discrimination took place (people would not be friends with someone of the other group)
