PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1, 4-6: Latent Inhibition, Psilocybin, Oxycodone
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Psychology is the scientific study of behavior, thought, and experience and how they can be affected by the physics, mental, social and environmental factors. Scientific method is a way of learning about the world through collecting observations, developing theories to explain them and using the theories to make predictions. Hypothesis is a testable prediction about processes that can be observed and measured. Pseudoscience: an idea that is p(cid:396)ese(cid:374)ted as s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:271)ut does(cid:374)"t a(cid:272)tuall(cid:455) utilize (cid:271)asi(cid:272) p(cid:396)i(cid:374)(cid:272)iples of scientific thinking or procedure. Theory is an explanation for a broad range of observations that also generates new hypotheses and integrates numerous findings into a coherent whole. Theo(cid:396)ies a(cid:396)e(cid:374)"t the sa(cid:373)e thi(cid:374)g as opi(cid:374)io(cid:374)s o(cid:396) (cid:271)eliefs. A (cid:373)easu(cid:396)e of a good theo(cid:396)(cid:455) is(cid:374)"t (cid:271)(cid:455) the (cid:374)u(cid:373)(cid:271)e(cid:396) of people (cid:449)ho (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e it to (cid:271)e t(cid:396)ue. Biopsychosocial model is a means for explaining behavior as a product of biological, psychological and sociocultural factors. Scientific literacy is the ability to understand, analyze and apply scientific information.
