PSY 110 Lecture Notes - Facial Feedback Hypothesis, Bulimia Nervosa, Corpus Callosum
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The goals of psychology: describe, explain, predict, and influence behavior and mental processes. Critical thinking: foundation of the scientific method and evaluates claims, propositions, and conclusions to determine whether they follow logically. Basic research: seek new knowledge and explore general scientific understanding. Applied research: solves practical problems and improves the quality of life. Naturalistic observation: researches observe and record behavior in its natural setting without influencing or controlling it. Laboratory observation: studying behavior in a laboratory rather than its natural setting. Case study: a single person or a small population is studied in great depth. Survey: researchers use interviews to gather information about the attitudes, beliefs, experiences, or behaviors of a group of people. Correlational method: establishes the degree of relationship between two characteristics, events, or behaviors. Sample: part of a population that is studied in order to reach conclusions about the entire population. Population: the entire group of interest to researchers.
