Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Albert Bandura, Null Hypothesis, Gestalt Psychology

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Psychology: the scientific study of behavior actions thoughts feelings reactions and the factors that influence it. Lab or real world (for interest) vs practical problems. Biological: understanding behavior in terms of biological process, evolution, genetics. Mind-body dualism: the mind is a spiritual entity not subject to the physical laws that govern the body. Monism: mind and body are one and mental events are simply a product of physical events: charles darwin: Nothing special about humans meaning that humans can be studied scientifically. Do not have to be a positive outcome: evolutionary psychology: focuses on the role of evolution in the development of human behavior. Cognitive: humans as information-processing problem solvers, thoughts influence emotions and behavior. Hermann von ebbinghaus: first empirical study of. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Psychodynamic: searches for the causes of behavior within the works of the mind, freud.