Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Margaret Mead, Biopsychosocial Model, Pseudoscience
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Psychology chapter 1 the science of behaviour. Psychology = the scientific study of behaviour and the factors that influence it. Taking into account biological, individual and environmental factors. Behaviour refers to actions and responses that we can directly observe. Mind refers to internal states and processes, ex. Four basic goals: describe how people and animals behave, explain and understand the causes of the behaviour, predict how people and animals behave under certain conditions, influence or control the behaviour through knowledge and control of causes. Two types of research: basic research: knowledge gained purely for its own sake. The goals are to describe how people behave and to identify factors that influence it. Uses principles discovered via basic research to solve practical problems. Philosophy ideas of how knowledge are acquired. Natural science progress of understanding physical aspects. Knowledge is gained through logic and reason. Tabula raso blank slate when born. Bumps in skull indicates underdeveloped brain regions.