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PSYC 102 lecture notes. Lecture notes go into more detail over some of the experiments + theories. Covers specific topics more in depth compared to the textbook notes. Keep in mind the exam is also heavily textbook based so I recommend using this as a way to just focus more in class without the rush and pressure of taking notes. I still highly suggest reading over the textbook chapters, making your own notes or using my notes as a base (which will save hours per chapter). Good luck! :)

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Link to lessons: h ps://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/dwun1ablkwt9ehd2myvta/AGBrOBlZSNR2ZbGyoteE-HI?dl=0&e=2&preview=Class14_Big5_vs_MBTI_004.mp4&rlkey=i7j3pk5wmfmxxa70vlr96dudo&st=298djezo.


History

Psychological movements

- Emerged from philosophy: what does it mean to be human?
- Are humans pre-determined or are humans blank slates
- Where does the ‘mind’ exist?
- Dualism: in another parallel spirtual world
- Monism: somehwere in physical body…most likely in brain (if damage, lose some mind)
- Impulses relay info to the brain and this takes me, in someways, we are living in past :)
- Func onalism: what is the func on of process ____? Why?
- Fear is fast because it’s a protec on mechnism; emo ons rst then reasoning
- Structuralism: where is it happening
Behaviorism: How do organisms respond to di erent s muli

- Skinners conclusion: humans can be condi oned to like anything, Utopia: ppl condi on to job
- people can be trained to WANT to do it
- Cold War: thinks communists have learned the “wrong” things
- Can we make them unlearn?
- Goal: delete slate clean. Use behaviorism to erase all previous memory
- Method: Looped tape recording, drugs, sensory depriva on (mind simulates sensory)
- Results: slightly more suscep ble new ideas
- temporarily ‘unlearned’: have childlike behavior, forget who they are,
confused Dr. & nurses for mother & father

- Half unable to return to normal life
- Conclusion: Human is more than simulus, response, reward




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, Demise of behaviorism

- Humans have innate dispoi ons, each of us have unique personaili es
1. Do animals born with blank slates? NO!

- Ins nctual dri : Organisms revert back to their natural ins ncts a er some me
- Behaviorists experiments, they stop once ins nctual dri happens bc de es their philophy
2. Language

- Language acquired too quickly for behaviorism to explain even say not to say bad word,
babies will s ll say it once they hear it

- Too crea vely, children know if something’s gramma cally correct but nonsensical


Social pyschology

A ribu on: Deciding what explains behavior

Situa onl-Disposi onal a ribu on theory (how we observe, analyze, explain others behavior)

- Internal causes: behave that way bc that’s who they are (personaility a ribu on)

- External causes: outside circumstances (situa onal a ribu on)

*Fudamental A ribu on error: default to put more weight on internal causes

- ex. Sales associate mean, assume they are mean rather than them having a bad day
Naiive realism: overcon dent in our interpreta ons

- “split brain”: ppl seperate corpus collusom
- only a ect 1 area, prevents seizure from spreading to other side of brain
- Right hemosphere, unconcious side, unable to verabilze
- Experiment: screen showed “go for a walk” to one eye , walk but dk why, made up a story




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, Story telling:

- can be uninten onal: need a story to tell to feel comfortable
- Can be illogical: the get coke story: bc thirsty when in actuality bc saw prompt
- Overcon dent in our stories unless proven wrong


Types

A ribu on: statement abt-internal/situa onal-force for our/others behaviors (why? Bc bla bla)

- internal expects con nuity, external not
Stereotype: story on par cular social group

Impressions: start from stereotype, then get more speci c to persons

Scripts: expecta ons on what will happen (ex. In resturant be asked how many ppl)

Sel ood: how we expect ourselves to act



Terminology

Idea: Unorganized thoughts about social behavior

Theory: Organized set of principle, states how social behavior operates

Hypothesis: Statement of rela onship between 2 things

Predic on: asser on of what will happen in a par cular study



PSYC 102: Macro psychology (psyc 101 micro)

Instead of thinking “I want to avoid this thing”, think “I want to achieve this & that”.




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, Variable:

- conceptual: What is it (theory & hypothesis: I think that is related to this)
- Opera onal: How did you measure/manipulate it (predic on: If I do this, that will happen)
Rela onship between variable:

1. Posi ve: as one increases, so does other

2. Nega ve: as one increases, other decreases

3. No rela onship: as one increases, the other stays same

Two ways of studying rela onship

Non-experimental method:

- Natural behavior, no interference (ex. Tendency to li er)
- Some variables can’t be manipulated (ex. Height)
- Great predic on bc simlar to real world
- BAD: no interference = no control
Experimental method:

- High control, observe small a ects
- BAD: unrealis c
Independent variable: “cause” , thing we changed

Dependent: “e ect”, thing we measure

During experiment:

- need to make sure there IS rela onship between variables
- Must manipulate IV rst, then measure DV (Temporal precedence)
- Make sure it is IV a ec ng DV
Confound: variable that researchers manipulate that’s not directly related to hypothesis

- Experimental control & Randomiza on




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