PSYCH 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Memory Disorder, Reverse Engineering, List Of Natural Phenomena

• School: Cornell University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 1101
• Professor: David Pizarro

Document Summary

Psychology: the tools and methods of science applied to the human mind. Natural phenomenon that can be understood through observation: large scope larger than rest of the sciences hub , goal: understand the mind using the scientific method, mind, emotion, memory, development. Reverse engineering the human mind: mental illness. Make lives better & looking at certain quirks to uncover mysteries of mind: humor and laughter. Human complexities: sex, attraction, love, morality, brains, sports, religion, politics. Reward system: finding good behavior and rewarding it more effective. Programs of contingencies: apply these principles to produce strategies to change behavior. Large scale behavior changes by understanding trends in the mind. Big goals: gain some understanding of how the mind works, learning about empirical observation and experimentation that has been conducted, learn about the scientific method. Apply to psychology (mind and behavior: distinguish good from bad science become a better consumer of science. Course overview: comprehensive intro to the science of the human mind.