PSYC 1200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Cognitive Psychology, Cultural Psychology, Human Factors And Ergonomics

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1200
• Professor: Launa Leboe-McGowan

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Are they really the right cues to be using when we want to explain another people"s behaviour: e. g. Rude arrogant person may really just be shy and antisocial: in the age of technology, interpreting another"s attitude/behavior is even harder when it"s through a screen. Psyc-1200: into to psychology textbook notes: topics discussed our backed by scientists with meticulous testing both in laboratories and in society. Psyc-1200: into to psychology textbook notes: consider alternative viewpoints/interpretations of evidence, e. g. Sleep serves multiple purposes: principle of parsimony-states that the simplest forms of all competing explanations of a phenomenon should be the one we accept, if you hear hoof beats, think horse-not unicorn. Accepting this would de-bunk the belief of a soul-known as dualism. Obviously, the five-pound weight hand will feel heavier. Influences of medicine: clinical psychology-the field of psychology that concentrates on the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders.