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【1】Intro into Psychology - Key Terms

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【6】Developmental Psychology - Important Figures

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【1】Intro into Psychology - Notes

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☆ Psychology is the scientific study of the mind and is based on measurable data. Scientific Method hypothesis - explanation that might explain a phenomenon. Hypotheses should always be broad explanations for some aspect of the natural world that can be consistently supported with evidence over time.      Ex) a bird sings when it's happy -> a bird sings to attract mates Results from the experiment of the hypothesis must be reproduceable  to be valid . -> published / presented to research conferences so others can replicate and build on the results. Theory - hypothesis that has been reproduced successfully multiple times; the best explanation available currently Science can't give knowledge about values and morals. It's limited because thoughts are neither matter nor energy which are quantifiable things. Structuralism         ---> Key Figures: Wilhelm Wundt, Edward Titchener Psychology became an academic discipline in the 1800s. Before i...
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