PSYCH 1X03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: American Psychological Association, Wilhelm Wundt, Action Potential
16 Sep 2016
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Many psychologists don"t see patients every day. Experimental psychologist: engage in cutting edge research with a goal of understanding human thought and behaviour. Teaches us how we think feel develop learn love interact grow. About critically evaluating what is considered common knowledge o. Theory: we only use 10% of our brains. Psychologists follow the scientific method to interpret the world around them o. Theory: fingernails grow for 72 hours after death. A theory is a general idea about how the world works whereas a hypothesis is a specific prediction about the relation between variables. Psychology tackles age old questions with a new perspective. Study of the mind used to be philosophy and physiology. The mind and body were distinct entities that were causly linked in a dualistic relationship o. The mind controls the movement of the mechanical body and in turn recieves information about the outside world through the sense organs.
