Chapter 1
 Handwriting
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experiment
Neat: follow directions well, ask questions
Sloppy: don’t follow directions or ask questions
 Accuracy
of predictions?
 Scientific evidence to support claims?
 Scientific
study of mental processes and
behavior (How does the brain work?)
 Psychologists use “theories” (ideas) to create
experiments
 Claim?
 Objective
evidence for and against claim?
 Other interpretations of evidence?
 Logical conclusion?
 Research-
study origin, cause, results of
behavior
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Done in a laboratory
 Applied
make use of research found
Done in the real world
 Chart
on page 4
 Design
a car that will implement the
following goals:
1. Increase alertness
2. Improve reaction time
3. Get people to wear seatbelts
4. Get people to obey traffic laws
5. Make long-distance trips more comfortable
6. Eliminate drunk driving
 Darwin-
animals and humans adapt to fit
surroundings
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Survival of the fittest
Others perform same/similar behavior to survive
 Wundt
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“Father of Psychology”
First laboratory to study humans
Break down the human mind as we break down
parts of other things
Introspection- describing thoughts, feelings
Objective- giving a true explanation with no
outside ideas/bias
 Freud
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Personality
Adult problems can be traced to childhood
events
Unconscious self
 James-psychology
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How do humans function in their environment?
How are thoughts connected?
 Watson
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textbook
Learning and human emotion
Behaviorism- what we do depends on what we
feel
Built upon past experiences
Parenting prevents most psychological problems
 Sensations/Memories
brought up by objects
 Watson
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Learned behavior from emotions
Rubber band and feelings
What other behavior have you learned from your
family according the emotions you felt/received?
 Freud-
Did your parents “scar” you for life?
6
approaches
 Eclecticism- taking from two or more
approaches
 Chemicals
in body cause behavior
 Snake
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Heart beats, breathe fast, adrenaline
Stress and depression
 Behavior
is based upon learning and
association of experience
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Rewards/punishments
Skinner and Watson
 Behavior
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based upon unconscious feelings
Freud- sex and aggression
Today- perception, thinking, memory
 People
are good and capable of helping
themselves
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Make good choices
Carl Rogers
 Behavior
is based upon how we learn to
handle problems
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Personality characteristics
Talk to yourself
 Behavior
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is influenced by culture
Goals/Expectations
 Pg.
16- Alcoholism
 Which psychologist should take the money
and research the problem? (Where does the
problem start?)
 Pg.
17 “John”
 Six approaches to his behavior
 Which one do you think is correct? Why?
 List
ten behaviors performed in the last 24
hours
 Which behaviors were forced? Free will?
 Read
Article “Big Ideas: Giving Up the Ghost”
 What would happen if humans did not have
“free will”?
 How does free will change our perception of
people?
 Does free will dominate the decisions in your
life, or do you follow what other people are
doing?