PS101- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 141 pages long!)
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Assessments: oct 5 quiz 1, nov 9 quiz 2. Psychology: many areas learning, forensic, social, developmental, personality, behavioural, cognitive, lots of misconceptions (cid:862)ps(cid:455)(cid:272)hology is just (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) se(cid:374)se(cid:863) It allows us to determine whether what we believe to be common sense is true: help us explore new ideas, 2 types of research, 1. Basic research: seek new knowledge and explore and advance general scientific understanding types: animals, sensory, computers, cells, cognition/behaviour, 2. Applied research: purpose is to solve practical problems and improve quality of life, ex. Can we make people happier, can we develop numeracy programs for kids (cid:449)ho a(cid:396)e(cid:374)"t good (cid:449)ith (cid:374)u(cid:373)e(cid:396)a(cid:272)(cid:455) Study of: mental processes and behaviour, whole groups and culture. History of psychology: start: earliest pages of recorded history, start: when people wondered about human nature and behaviour, when we try to figure ourselves out. Wilhelm wundt: acclaimed founder of psych, 1879, germany, experiments different from today, questioned experience.
