PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Behaviorism, Verbal Behavior
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Scientific study of causes of behaviour; application of findings of psychological research to solution of problems, emphasis on discovering & explaining causes of behaviour. Word comes from 2 greek words: psukhe meaning breathe or soul & logos meaning word or reason. Modern meaning of psycho is mind & logy is science science of the mind. Focus turned from mind which cannot be observed to behaviour which can. Understand human behaviour; why people do what they do: describe it: familiar w/ things people do & how to categorize & measure behaviour, discover causes of behaviour: events responsible for behaviour explain. Causal events events that cause other events (ie. behaviour) to occur. Levels of explanation categories of causal events. Levels common choice of causes to study & methods of research to use. Reaso(cid:374)s: i(cid:374)telle(cid:272)tual (cid:272)uriosity, hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour is root of (cid:373)a(cid:374)y of (cid:449)orld"s problems. Discover causes of behaviour and/or applying what has been learned to solution of problems.
