Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-5: Auditory Cortex, Job Performance, Thalamus

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Lynda Hutchinson

Document Summary

The discipline concerned with the study of behaviour and mental processes and how they are affected by and organisms physical state, mental state, and external environment. A science and an art and relies on research evidence gathered through observation, experimentation, and measurement. Appreciating behaviours and reasons for why we do the things that we do. Psychobabble: that which confirms unsupported popular opinion misuse of a term in psychological analysis use of psychological terms without really knowing and understanding the lineage of the term and the proper context in which it occurs. I"m a little ocd about cleaning my kitchen suggesting that you have a choice to be ocd not an accurate. Children who didn"t eat the marshmallow did better in life because they were self-disciplined" self-regulation behave in ways to help develop long term. Involves our willingness to assess claims and make objective judgements on the basis of well-supported reasons and evidence, rather than emotion ir anecdote.