PSYC 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Phlegm, Scientific Method, Behaviorism

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 200
• Professor: Peter Van Der Velde

Document Summary

Psychology 200 chapter 1 & 2 notes. The scientific study of mental processes and behaviour. The science of how we: see and hear (perception, move (motor control, think and speak (cognition and language, learn and grow (development, feel (emotion, relate to one another (social psychology, differ from one another (personality) Four goals of psychology: description, explanation, prediction, control. When studying why a certain behaviour or mental process occurs, one can study the influences of: the brain (neural activity, the person (emotions, ideas, thoughts, the group (friends, family, culture) How behaviour is shaped by the social and cultural environments. How brain structure and brain activity differ from person to person and situation to situation. What are the patterns of brain activation as people interact with. How the content of the individual"s mental processes form and influence behaviour. Philosophy the study of knowledge and reality: philosophers posed questions and then proposed solutions, which lead to modern day scientific theory.