PSYC 1005 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Wilhelm Wundt, Belief Perseverance, Pseudoscience

• School: CU Denver
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1005
• Professor: leonard,skyler

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1 & 2: define psychology: psychology is the scientific study of the mind, brain, and behavior, name the 6 levels of analysis: social, behavioral, mental, neurological/ physiological, Neurochemical, and molecular: give an example for each of the 6 levels of analysis: this example is from class: Using depression as an example within each level: social level: loss of important relationships, lack of support, or social isolation. What are the reality to them: misconception #1: a theory explains one specific event . Reality: explains a great deal of observations and phenomenon: misconception #2: a theory is just an educated guess . Give an example: non-testable assertions that fall outside the realm of science. Good scientists are always aware that they might be wrong. : skeptics are willing to change their minds, but want evidence before doing so: identify and explain the 6 principles of scientific thinking, ruling our rival hypotheses: ruling out competing explanations, correlation vs. causation: correlation is not causation.