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psychology science of behavior and mental processes
Behavior anything an organism does
internal, subjective experiences we infer from
mental processes
behavior
biological influences, psychological influences,
levels of analysis
social-cultural influences
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culture group: Migos. jk, it's enduring behavior, ideas,
traditions, attitudes, and values.
Gender cultural role of "masculine" or "feminine"
gender socialization expectations, descriptions, etc.
our belief that the world is the way we see it. (gut
naive realism
feeling)
after learning outcome, we believe we could have
hindsight bias
predicted it.
overconfidence we tend to think we know more than we actually do
answering questions based on observation and
empirical approach
experimentation
statements that summarize past research, give
theory
direction to future research
hypothesis stable prediction; implied by theory
tendency to pay attention to info that fits our beliefs;
confirmation bias
dismiss info that doesn't.
approach of evaluating all claims with an open mind
scientific skepticism but insisting on persuasive evidence before accepting
them
an early school of psychology that used introspection
structuralism
to explore the elemental structure of the human mind
introspection examination of one's own thoughts and feelings
too subjective, too concerned with internal behaviors,
criticism of structuralism
cannot directly observe thoughts.
A school of psychology that focused on how our
functionalism mental and behavioral processes function - how they
enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish.
inherent differences came about that enabled
natural selection
individuals more likely to survive and reproduce
the view that psychology (1) should be an objective
science that (2) studies behavior without reference to
Behaviorism
mental processes. Most research psychologists today
agree with (1) but not with (2).