PSYC 1250 Lecture 2: Cognitive Processes and Research
19 Jun 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Cognitive Processes
Memory
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Reasoning
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Judgement
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Interpretation
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Etc.
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Evolution
3 components
Variation
1.
Inheritance
2.
Adaptation
3.
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Ecological Variables
You do not live in a bubble
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The actions you take are changed by those around you
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Culture
The enduring behaviours, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a large
group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next.
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Cultural Psychology: interaction between culture and the individual; how and
why culture and ethnicity affect human behaviour; in other words, how does my
culture, ethnicity, etc. influence my behaviour and vice-versa
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Aims of Science
Description
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Explanation
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Prediction
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Change/control
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Data Collection
Observational
Watch, record, report
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Who is it, what they're doing, their age/sex, etc.
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Cons:
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Lecture 01/15
January 15, 2018
11:24 AM
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