PSY 1001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Cognitive Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology, Terror Management Theory
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Psychology = the scientific study of the mind, brain, and behavior. The mind is just the brain in action. Full analysis is necessary for understanding psychology. Meaning, they are produced by many factors. Psychological influences are rarely independent of each other. Individual differences = the ways people differ from each other in thinking, emotion, personality, and behavior. Help to explain why each person responds in different ways to the same situations. People"s behavior is often shaped by culture. Naive realism = seeing is believing and trust our intuitive perceptions of the world and. Scientific theory = an explanation for a large number of findings in the natural world ourselves (including the psychological world) Ties multiple observations together into one thing. Confirmation bias = the tendency to seek out evidence that supports our beliefs and deny, dismiss, or distort evidence that contradicts them. Belief perseverance = don"t confuse me with the facts effect.
