PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1.1: Scientific Literacy, Critical Thinking, Biopsychosocial Model
22 Feb 2017
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It is really easy to misinterpret someone"s meaning in a conversation or social setting. We also frequently misjudge other people"s attitudes and personalities. We make inferences about another person based on the social cues they provide us. Cyber emotional intelligence examines the assumptions we make about people based on their online personalities. Human behaviour is complex and it can be challenging to try to understand it. Aspects of behaviour analyzed from basic brain and perception functions to memory to social behaviours. Why and how we behave the way we do: a lot of people thing that psychologists are professionals who conduct therapy or watch rats run through mazes, but these don"t capture the full scope of psychology. Psychology and psychological research affect almost every aspect of your life: psychology is a vast discipline; a collection of disciplines composed of many overlapping fields of study. Psychology involves the study of behaviour that can include perceptions, thoughts, and emotions.
