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Jan. 10, 2023: intro LECTURE - Coggle Diagram
Jan. 10, 2023: intro LECTURE
psychology: science of mental life (william james, 1890)
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"psychology is the science that studies behaviour and the physiological and cognitive processes that underlie it, and it is the profession that applies the accumulated knowledge of this science to practical problems"
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practice exercise on understanding of the 3 levels: what are some factors (in each level of analysis) that affect how much an average uni student eats?
3 levels of analysis
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person
general food habits such as eating out often, or preferring to be outside
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humanistic psychology
our individual, subjective ideas (specifically, about the world) are more important than our behaviours
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"A person has a capacity for personal, positive growth"
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essentially, the belief that humans are unique, and individualistic, especially on a psychological level
cognitive psychology
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mental processes
how we think, understand info, develop language (using it?), and solving problems
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cultural psychology: the cognitive psychology of various cultures, that are formed due to cultural environments
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cross-cultural psychology: study of the cognitive processes that are shared universally, regardless of cultures
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