PSY 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Psychological Science, Confirmation Bias, Behavioral Neuroscience

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Psychology involves the study of mental activity and behavior. Psychologist broadly to describe someone whose career involves understanding mental life or predicting behavior. 1. 1 psychological science is the study of mind, brain, and behavior. Psychological science the study through research of mind, brain, and behavior. Mind mental activity resulting from biological processes within the brain. Examples: perceptual experiences including sights, smells, tastes, sounds, and touches while interacting with the world. Behavior the totality of observable human actions. Examples: performing surgery, eating, mating, or drinking. Consumers of psychological science need to be skeptical of overblown media reports. Amiable skepticism combines openness and wariness, open to new findings when given sound evidence. Critical thinking ability to think by systematically questioning and evaluating information using well-supported evidence. Involves looking for hotels in evidence, using logic and reasoning to see whether the info makes sense, and considering alternate explanations. Healthy questioning and keeping an open mind.

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