PSYC 2250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Behavioural Sciences, Chicken Soup, Skeptical Movement
24 Sep 2018
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Chapter 1: scientific understanding of behaviour: psychology emerged fro, dualism: there are 2 kinds of substances: mind and body (physical and non- physical) What is science: method, nature of method, method that involves empirical observation (observation via your senses, being able to generalize them into a principle and then into a law, body of facts collected by that method. Why behavioural science: advantages, observable it can be agreed upon (observable by more than one person, present situation, alfred north whitehead, burrhus frederick skinner. Gaining a competitive edge in many careers: knowledge of computers and programming, new jobs require new skills and technology. Evaluating programs : data will vary depending on how the research is conducted (non-scientific) methods of acquiring knowledge, tenacity. Problem with intuition/ personal experience: motivational and cognitive biases, examples of biases: experience, authority, generation gap, cant teach old dog new tricks, confirmation bias, find confirming evidence (e. g. feminist theory, grounded theory (qualitative research, anthropomorphism.
