PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Deductive Reasoning, Statistical Inference, Parapsychology
6 Dec 2016
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What is psychology: psychology is the scientific study of mental processes and behaviour, the goals of psychology are to describe, explain, predict, and control behaviour and mental processes. Psychologists vary in the degree to which they focus on some of these goals more than others. Levels of analysis: when studying why a certain behaviour or mental process occurs, one can study the influences of: Psychology"s roots begin in mythology: many myths and ceremonies developed as a way to describe, explain, predict, and control our reality, early explanations of human behaviour were rooted in superstition and magic. The coast salish peoples of british columbia passed down their oral history, including customs and beliefs, through stories, songs, and dances. Psychology"s roots in philosophy: philosophy is the study of knowledge and reality, philosophers such as socrates and aristotle posed questions and then discussed possible solutions to those questions.
