PSY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Belief Perseverance, Forgetting Curve, Wilhelm Wundt
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Behaviour is multiply determined individual differences (variations among people in their thinking, emotions, personality and behaviour) behaviour is multiply determined (caused by many factors) Involves relating to others and personal relationships and emotions. Na ve realism: belief that we see the world precisely as it is. Belief perseverance: tendency to stick to our initial beliefs even when evidence contradicts them. Pseudoscience: set of claims that seems scientific but isn"t. What first psych lab first n. a. psych lab. 1891 philosophers have always speculated about thought and behaviour early psychologists wanted more empirical methods (by observation studying people"s behaviour) early psychologists also interested in insights from other sciences, esp. medicine. History of psychology: psychoanalysis: freud -> behaviour governed by unconscious thoughts, psychoanalysis, "free association, hypnosis, dreams, spoken language. History of psychology: cognitive psychology challenges to behaviourism in 1950s. Ex: reward" and "punishment" depend on how people evaluate things (ex: inner thoughts)
