PSYC 2000 : Exam 1 Notes
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Psychology is a science: precise and careful measurement, prevent possible biases from leading to faulty observations, hindsight bias: after something occurred, we claim already knew it would happen. Theory: general explanation: prediction: will it happen again, control: how can it be changed? (focus of control is to change behavior from an undesirable one to a desirable one. ) Critical thinking: is making reasoned judgments about claims: why do people believe strange things, question before taking things for face value. Clicker question: psychology is most accurately defined as the scientific study of: behavior and the mind. Functionalism: examining the functions of our thoughts and feelings. (alternative viewpoint to structuralists . : proposed by william james (professor at harvard & author of the principles of psychology). Influenced the modern fields of: educational psych, evolutionary psych, industrial/organizational psych. What is psychology: psych as a science. Scientific method: system of gathering data so that bias and error in measurement are reduced.
