PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter module 1.1, 1.2: Pseudoscience, Psychoanalysis, Phlegm

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Dan Meegan

Document Summary

Psychology scientific study of behavior, thought, and experience and how they are affected by physical, mental, and environmental factors. The scientific method: learning through observations, developing theories to explain them, then using the theories to make predictions (pg. 3: hypothesis- testable prediction about processes that can be observed and measured (pg. 3) -> must be testable -> specific: hypothesis is usually based on a very specific observation and is limited to that instance: scientific method: theory > hypothesis > test hypothesis > reject and start over. Pseudoscience- idea presented as science but does not utilize basics of scientific thinking or procedures. Scientific literacy- the ability to understand, analyze, and apply scientific information (pg. > what do we know, how can science explain it, can the evidence be critically evaluated, why is this relevant, repeat (knowledge gathering, scientific explanation, critical thinking, application.