PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Fritz Haber, Edward Jenner, Mother Teresa

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
• Professor: Ashley Waggoner Denton

Document Summary

Edward jenner: father of immunology, first to conceive of and test vaccines. Fritz haber/ norman berkhaug: green revolution, produced hybrid crops and synthetic fertilizers. *note* the idea of human progress is generally measured by our technology and is thus seen as a scientific endeavour (within a century we have gone from walking rolling on land to space flight. Science is the systematic observation in order to acquire knowledge with a heavy focus on empiricism (evidence based knowledge) Psychology doesn"t always study things which are directly observable. Leading to the belief that psychology is closer to a pseudoscience. Psychology can measure its findings by (measuring invisible phenomena: measuring using rating systems, measuring biological response (sweat, heart beat etc. ) Used colour patches to test people"s ability to distinguish between them. Invented the self - report questionnaire (to report how different people perceive distance) Suggested twins as an answer to the nature vs. nurture argument.