Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1st half: Tabula Rasa, Monism, Albert Einstein

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: John Campbell

Document Summary

Basic processes eg. learning, senses: industrial-oragnizational psych. People"s behaviour in workplace: personality psych. Human personality, core traits: social psych. Thoughts and feelings of social world eg. group. Psychology: the scientific study of behaviour and the mind. Behaviours actions, responses mind internal states, processes. Study and treatment of mental disorders: biopsych. Biological underpinning of behaviour: developmental psych. Scientific approach reduces biases and problems that lead to. Understanding behaviour: some pitfalls of everyday approaches. Mental shortcuts when forming judgement eg. using sterotypes to. * science is public affair publishing finding allows others to scrutinize. Done by using techniques such as stats, multiperson observation, Poorly designed/executed studies = invalid eg. casual. Overall- psychologist examine behaviour under highly controlled science has its own pitfalls suited toward testable questions and natural world eg. does spirituality make one more happy? but. Not does god exist? false starts: other researchers unable to duplicate original findings. In principle, science ultimately is a self correcting process.