PSY 2012 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Critical Thinking, Positive Psychology, Abraham Maslow
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Putting a scientific attitude into practice requires not only curiosity and skepticism but also humility- awareness of our own vulnerability- to error and openness to surprises and new perspectives. Historians of science tell us that these three attitudes curiosity skepticism and humility helped make modern science possible. Critical thinking examines assumptions, appraises sources, discerns hidden bases, evaluates evidence, and asses conclusions: critical inquiry can sometimes debunk popular presumptions as we will see in ensuring chapters. Evidence indicates that sleepwalkers are not acting out their dreams. In many instances what scientists learn is not what is widely believed: critical inquiry can also identify effective policies. Birth of psychology on a december day in 1879, in a small third floor room at germanys. Professor wundt was seeking to measure atoms of the mind the fastest and simplest mental processes. So began the first psychological laboratory staffed by wundt. Two early schools (in the new branches) were structuralism and functionalism.
