1. Psychology I Notes Chapter 1 & 2
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2. Cornell Notes

3. Psychology
Psychology consists of the knowledge gained through scientific study of behavior.
Introspection is used when the psychologist asks about your complex feelings.

4. Theorist Wilhelm Wundt is considered the father of psychology.
Carl Rogers believed that people are controlled by environmental forces.
Charles Darwin thought that studying animals might help us understand the behavior of humans.

5. Psychology Jobs
The research psychologist is usually found working in a laboratory.
The job of an engineering psychologist might include designing a building.

6. Psychology Jobs Careers for Psychology Majors

7. Theories
The process of combining information from several theories of human nature is called eclecticism.
According to the behavioral approach, behavior is the product of associations.
The psychoanalytic theory is behavior determined by the rewards and the punishments we receive.

8. Groups
Hypothesis is a statement of the results that the experimenter expects.
Control - A group that is not participating in the crucial part of the experiment.
Experimental - A group that is participating in the crucial part of the experiment.

9. Placebo
Placebo
Is a “Medicine” that has no active ingredients and can create expectations that will alter the body’s chemistry

10. Survey & Experiment
Asks subjects questions about their feelings, opinions, or behaviors.
The main reason mail survey questions are not returned by their subjects is because people are too busy to fill them out.
Animals are often used in experiments because they share many human behaviors.

11. Experiments
Animal Testing

12. Methods
Longitudinal Method is research that studies the same group of people over an extended period of time.
Problem with an interview is that people tend to present information in a favorable light.
To overcome bias in an interview, a psychological test should be used.

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