PSYCH101 Chapter Notes -Environmental Psychology, Gestalt Psychology, Eugenics

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Stephanie Denison

Document Summary

Anthropomorphism: the act of treating objects or animals like people. Psychology: the scientific study of behaviour, thought and experience thoughts & emotions. Involves the study of behaviour, which can include perceptions, Scientific method: a way of learning about the world through collecting observations, proposing explanations for the observations, developing theories to explain them & using the theories to make predictions. Hypothesis: a testable prediction about processes that can be observed and measured (you don"t prove a hypothesis: scientific hypotheses must be testable. Pseudoscience: the ideas that are represented as science but do not actually utilize basic principles of scientific thinking or procedure. Biopsychosocial model: a means of explaining behaviour as a product of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors. Scientific literacy: the ability to understand, analyze & apply scientific information. Critical thinking: exercising curiosity and skepticism when evaluating the claims of others, and with our own assumptions and beliefs.