Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Behavioral Neuroscience, Confirmation Bias, Pineal Gland

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Psychology notes from textbook chapter"s 1 & 2. P s y c holog y is the s cientific s tudy of behaviour and the mind. B ehaviour = actions and res pons es that we can directly obs erve. F or example, we cannot directly s ee a pers on"s feeling of love or admiration for s omeone els e, but we can infer how the pers on feels on obs ervable verbal s tatements. S cientific = a proces s that involves s ys tematically g athering and evaluating empirical evidence to ans wer ques tions and tes t beliefs . E mpirical evidence is g ained by experience and observation, including tinkering around with things and then observing what happens. s ys tematic (a system of rules or conditions) so it"ll be as objective and precise as possible.