[PSYC 1200] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (45 pages long)

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1200
• Professor: Dawson Clary

Document Summary

Pop psychology represented by the scores of self-help gurus on tv, on the radio, and in the books lining bookstore shelves. Not necessarily false, don"t capture the scope of the field of psychology. Psychology involves the studies of behaviours including perception, thoughts and emotions. It is employed by psychologists who use the scientific method. Psychology is the scientific study of behaviour, thought, and experience, and how they can be affected by physical, mental, social and environmental factors. Psychology examines the individual as a product of social, biological and psychological factors. This is known as the biopsychosocial model of explaining behaviours. These factors can intertwine and affect one another. The scientific method is a way of learning about the world through collecting observations, developing theories to explain them and using the theories to make predictions. Dynamic interaction between hypothesis testing and the construction of theories. Scientific thinking and procedures revolve around hypotheses and theories.