PSY100H1 Chapter 1.1-3.2: PSY100 Textbook Terms
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Biopsychosocial model a means of explaining behaviour as a product of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors. Critical thinking involves exercising curiosity and skepticism when evaluating the claims of others, and with our own assumptions and beliefs. Hypothesis a testable prediction about processes that can be observed and measured. Pseudoscience an idea that is presented as science but does not actually utilize basic principles of scientific thinking or procedure. Psychology the scientific study of behaviour, thought, and experience and how they can be affected by physical, mental, social, and environmental factors. Scientific literacy the ability to understand, analyze, and apply scientific information. Scientific method a way of learning about the world through collecting observations, developing theories to explain them, and using the theories to make predictions. Theory an explanation for a broad range of observations that also generates new hypotheses and integrates numerous findings into a coherent whole. 1. 2 how psychology became a science (psychology"s history)