PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Wilhelm Wundt, Cognitive Revolution, Psychological Science
65
PSY100H1 Full Course Notes
Verified Note
65 documents
Document Summary
Unaware of the multiple influences on thoughts, feelings, and behaviour. Use the scientific method to develop and test theories. Despite a lack of scientific training the average citizen is a consumer of scientific information; informed citizens should be aware of the differences between good science and bad science. Premise of debate: whether psychological characteristics are biologically innate or acquired from the environment through learning, experience, and culture. Despite the on-going debate that originated with the ancient greeks, psychologists have generally come to the conclusion that the two elements are both important to psychological development. Psychologists now study the ways in which the two elements interact with each other in brain development. Ptsd appears to come solely from the environment, as it is caused by a traumatic event or experience, but recent research has demonstrated that there may be a genetic predisposition to ptsd.
