Psychology 255 midterm notes 1

when someone attributes a generalized personality description as their own, when really it could be attributed to anyone

Wilhelm Wundt; was the father of psychology (research methods) because he was the first to create a experimental research lab for psychology

belief that a natural phenomenon are alive and influence behavior

human behavior is determined by the activity of celestial bodies

the study of knowledge, behavior, and the nature of reality by making use of logic, intuition, and empirical observation

19th century philosophers come to value observations in theories of knowledge and human behavior (based only on observations made absolute certainly)

the study of the functions of and interactions between different parts of the brain and body

the idea that all events have meaningful, systematic causes

the perception of arelationship where none exists, or perception of a stronger relationship that actually exists

Skinners box

rely on or derived from observation, experimetation or measurement

preferring simpletheories or explanations over complex ones

using research techniques to confirm or disconfirm scientific theories

openness to disconfirmation of either a theory or hypothesis

a definition of a theoretical construct that is stated in terms of concrete, observable procedures

general statements about the relationship between two or more variables

a specific prediction about a specific event or events

you never know nwhen you have made enough observations to be sure that your law is true (David Hume)