PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Psychological Science, Jargon, The Need
17 May 2018
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PSYC 1010 Lecture 21 Notes
Introduction
The Need for Psychological Science
• On the meaning of dreams, the path to ecstatic love, and the roots of personal
happiness
• Others, intrigued by claims of psychological truth, wonder
• Ho does paretig shape hildre’s persoalities?
• Are first-born children more driven?
• Do dreams have deep meaning?
• Does psychotherapy heal?
• In working with such questions, how can we separate uninformed opinions from
examined conclusions?
• How can we best use psychology to understand why people think, feel, and act as they
do?
• In Modules 2 through 4 we explore how psychological science can help you think
ritially ad osider psyhology’s researh ethods ad ays of iterpretig data.
• How does our everyday thinking sometimes lead us to a wrong conclusion?
• Some people suppose that psychology merely documents and dresses in jargon what
people already know
• You get paid for usig fay ethods to proe hat y gradother kos?
• Others place their faith i hua ituitio: Buried deep ithi eah ad eery oe of
us, there is an instinctive, heart-felt awareness that provides— if we allow it to—the
ost reliale guide, offered Prie Charles 2000.
• Prince Charles has much company, judging from the long list of pop psychology books
o ituitie aagig, ituitie tradig, ad ituitie healig.
• Today’s psyhologial siee does douet a ast ituitie id.
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