PSY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: George Santayana, Justin Bieber, Humanistic Psychology
15 Aug 2016
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The scientific study of the mind, brain, and behaviour. Like a ladder, moving from biological to social/cultural. We can"t explain most psychological phenomenon if we only focus on one level! Joe is addicted to heroin because peer pressure, sickness addicts = bad life choices. Chris shot 10 people in a department store because guns are easily accessible, played too many video games mental illness and violence. Tasha became a successful surgeon because opportunity, wealthy parent, mentor inborn ability/work extra hard or came from successful family = money and support and network/knowing people. Psy relationship between variable and predict future events. Psychological influences are rarely independent of one another. People differ from one another in terms of thinking, emotion, personality, and behaviour. Human behaviour is shaped by culture i. e. , our generation has grown up with technology esp. cell phones = short attention span; celebrities - #1 thing we pay attention to; justin bieber hair purple people vs. 20 people died.
