PSYC 2000 Lecture : Psyc 2000 Final Notes 3
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Interested in the importance of consciousness in everyday life: perceptions, thinking, grief, religious experience, based some of his theory darwin"s ideas of natural selection, used spiritual world & mediums. "stream of consciousness: chronoscope--used to give precise time measurements, behaviorism, introspection--self-reporting what your mind is doing (not very popular, john b. watson, hardcore empiricist & psychologist whose studies had to do with animals. Do all therapists have doctoral degrees: psychologist--a person w/an academic degree & specialized training in one or more areas of psychology. Gun laws & crime rate (economy up, crime rate down & vice versa) If variables are casually related, a correlation won"t tell you which variable is the cause & which is the effect: won"t tell you which way the direction will go, ex. Cones: sensitive to colors, work best in bright light, responsible for the sharpness of visual info.
