PSY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ct Scan, Peripheral Nervous System, Brainstem
7 Dec 2017
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It is aimed to identify the basic elements, or structures, of psychological experience. Asked what questions, such as what is conscious thought like? : functionalism: founder william james school of psychology that aimed to understand the adaptive purposes of psychological characteristics such as thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Psy102 study guide 1 (chapters 1-3: to understand why others act as they do, most of us trust our common sense-our gut intuitions about how the social world works. How is it different from a hypothesis: scientific theory: is an explanation for a large number of findings in the natural world, including the psychological world. Theory offers an account that ties multiple findings together into one package: hypothesis: testable prediction, theories are general explanations, whereas hypotheses are specific predictions derived from those explanations. Based on their tests of hypotheses, scientists accept or reject theory: define confirmation bias and try to think of an example from your own life.
