Ch. 1 HCC Intro Ppt. R Both

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Psychology *

The scientific study ofmind and behavior


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What makes psychology a science?

Scientific method * the set of assumptions, rules, and

procedures that scientists use to conductempiricalresearch

Empirical research * collecting, organizing, and drawing

conclusions from data

Data* information collected through formalobservation or measurement.


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More to come on this topic in chapter two.


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Levels of Explanation in

Psychology Psychologists

understandbehavior atdifferent levels,from lower-level

biological factorsto higher-levelcultural factors.

Behavior hasmultiple,interactivecauses.

Culture/

Society

Personality/

Interpersonal

iology/

!enetics

Inter-

action

Behavior


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"e#els of $%planation& 'epression

Social/Cultural(gender roles, unemloyment!

"ersonal/InterersonalIndividual thought rocess

#arital relationshi

Biological /$enetic$enes, %ormones,

&eurotransmitters

Interaction 'eression


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(ry it& Choose an emotion or )eha#ior.ill in the lanks

Social/Cultural

"ersonal/Interersonal

Biological /$enetic

Interaction


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)hy did do

There is no single e+lanation for most

mental rocesses or behaviors "e#els of e%planation "rovide a focus for research

"rovide a direction for alication

"rovide a frameor. for critical thin.ing


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Perspecti#es


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$#olutionary Psychology *

+ey Concepts& itness for Survival

0eroduction &atural selection

1datation


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iological Psychology

Interaction )etween )iology and )eha#ior&

Brain

&ervous system %ormones

$enetics

Chemicals, nutrition 2+ercise, stress


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Psychodynamic Perspecti#e

3nconscious thoughts, feelings, behavior

Sigmund reud, #' 4ideo

Psychoanalysis5 treatment based onsychodynamic (sychoanalytic! theory


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,umanistic Psychology

+ey Concepts6

ree )ill

Self Concet

Self 2steem

Self-1ctuali7ation To be cont (ch8!


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eha#iorism +ey Concepts ocus on observable behavior

Baby is a Blan. Slate

2+eriences shae behavior

Behavior is redictable

Control behavior bycontrolling environment

)atson 4ideo


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Cogniti#e Psychology

Mental Processes- including

Thin.ing

"ercetion

#emory

9udgment

"iaget video


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Information Processing

Cognitive Theory

Comuter metahor

Inut, encoding, storage, rocessing,outut (retrieval!

"rograms (eg language!

:imits of this metahor


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Sociocultural pproach

,umans influenced )y& Social situations

Culture

+ey Concepts6 Conformity

Social &orms

Individualism v Collectivism


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Can ou "a)el (hese Perspecti#es

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Practitioners Psychiatrists5 #', can rescribe drugs

Psychologists5 "h' or "sy'

#any subfields of sychology 4ideo

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