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PSYCH: #1: What is psychology? - Coggle Diagram
PSYCH: #1: What is psychology?
Define:
study of behavior and cognitive processes
Cognitive processes:
private, unobservable: Dreams Thoughts, Memories, Perceptions
Emotions:
affect behavior and cognitive processes
Constructs:
complex, theoretical concepts (Love, Creativity)
Science v. Pseudoscience
Science
Falsifiable, reproduceable
Search for failures and studies them
Discards or revises theories
Develop solutions to problems
Psych is science
Goals
Describe info about behavior or cognitive processes
Explain behavior/cognitive processes
Predict behavior/cognitive processes
Control behavior/cognitive processes
Pseudoscience
Ignores failures
Disregards or ignores refuting information
Seldom attempts to develop solutions to problems