PSYC 1000- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 133 pages long!)

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Dan Meegan

Document Summary

Week two psyc*1000 introduction to psychology september 13th. Read - an introduction to psychological science - 1. 1, 1. 2, 2. 1, 2. 2. Cyber emotional intelligence - is a new line of research which was developed to examines the assumptions that are made about people based on their online personalities. The scientific method is a way of learning about the world through collecting observations, developing theories to explain them and using them to make predictions: involves a dynamic interaction between hypothesis testing/construction of theory. Scientific thinking and procedures revolve around a hypothesis and a theory: hypothesis a testable prediction about processes that can be observed/measured. Psychology examines the individual as a product of multiple influences: including biological, psychological and social factors. Falsifiable the hypothesis is precise enough that it could be proven false: there can be evidence for or against it, ex: all swans are white a swan that isn"t white will falsify this statement.