Human mind and behaviour consists of:
- Emotion- Feelings (internal feelings, facial expressions, how we express our emotions)
- Cognition- Mental Processes (thinking, problem solving, decision making, using
memory, using language)
- Behaviours- How someone acts (facial expressions, moving parts)
- Human biology sensation
- Sensation perception
In class example: operational
Why do people like the food they like?
Emotional - study likes and dislikes, satisfaction from certain foods etc
Cognition - food preference based on childhood experiences
Sensation and perception - psychological triggers eg, colour, smell or texture of the food
Six Principles of Scientific Thinking:
1. Ruling out rival hypotheses
2. Correlation is not causation
3. Falsifiability
4. Replicability
5. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence
6. Occam’s Razor (Parsimony)
Chapter 1.1- what is psychology?
What is psychology?
- Psychology is the study of human mind and behavior
Human mind and behaviour consists of:
- Emotion - feelings, facial expressions, internal feelings
- Cognition - thinking, problem solving, making decisions, memory, language
- Human biology sensation
- Sensation perception
- Behavior
Example:
Why do people like the food they like?
Emotional- study the likes and dislikes, why do people prefer one food over another.
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