PSY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Frontal Lobe, Scientific Method, Lobotomy
17 Nov 2016
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Important alternate explanations should be considered: correlation vs causation. Can the claim be disproven: replicability. Possible to duplicate scientific findings: extraordinary claims. Is the evidence as convincing as the claims: occam"s razor. Used to treat schizophrenia and other severe mental disorders. Severed the fibres connecting the frontal lobe and thalamus. Hm - removal of temporal lobes to cure seizure activity. Egasmoniz performed the surgery and won a nobel prize. Four goals of psychology: describe, explain, predict and control or influence behaviour and mental processes. To achieve goals rely on the scientific method. Refers to a set of assumptions, attitude and procedures. Psychologists follow the following basic steps of the scientific method: High external validity - findings are generalizable to the real world. Low internal validity - ability to draw cause and effect inference. Studying one or small number of people for an extended period of time. Used to study a rare brain damage or mental illness.
