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Chapter 1

 Handwriting experiment  Neat: follow directions well, ask questions  Sloppy: don’t follow directions or ask questions  Accuracy of predictions?  Scientific evidence to support claims?

 Scientific study of mental processes and behavior (How does the brain work?)  Psychologists use “theories” (ideas) to create experiments

 Claim?  Objective evidence for and against claim?  Other interpretations of evidence?  Logical conclusion?

 Research- study origin, cause, results of behavior  Done in a laboratory  Applied- make use of research found  Done in the real world

 Chart on page 4

 Design a car that will implement the following goals: 1. Increase alertness 2. Improve reaction time 3. Get people to wear seatbelts 4. Get people to obey traffic laws 5. Make long-distance trips more comfortable 6. Eliminate drunk driving

 Darwin- animals and humans adapt to fit surroundings  Survival of the fittest  Others perform same/similar behavior to survive  Wundt- “Father of Psychology”  First laboratory to study humans  Break down the human mind as we break down parts of other things  Introspection- describing thoughts, feelings  Objective- giving a true explanation with no outside ideas/bias

 Freud- Personality  Adult problems can be traced to childhood events  Unconscious self  James-psychology textbook  How do humans function in their environment?  How are thoughts connected?  Watson- Learning and human emotion  Behaviorism- what we do depends on what we feel  Built upon past experiences  Parenting prevents most psychological problems

 Sensations/Memories brought up by objects

 Watson- Learned behavior from emotions  Rubber band and feelings  What other behavior have you learned from your family according the emotions you felt/received?  Freud- Did your parents “scar” you for life?

 6 approaches  Eclecticism- taking from two or more approaches

 Chemicals in body cause behavior  Snake  Heart beats, breathe fast, adrenaline  Stress and depression

 Behavior is based upon learning and association of experience  Rewards/punishments  Skinner and Watson

 Behavior based upon unconscious feelings  Freud- sex and aggression  Today- perception, thinking, memory

 People are good and capable of helping themselves  Make good choices  Carl Rogers

 Behavior is based upon how we learn to handle problems  Personality characteristics  Talk to yourself

 Behavior is influenced by culture  Goals/Expectations

 Pg. 16- Alcoholism  Which psychologist should take the money and research the problem? (Where does the problem start?)

 Pg. 17 “John”  Six approaches to his behavior  Which one do you think is correct? Why?

 List ten behaviors performed in the last 24 hours  Which behaviors were forced? Free will?

 Read Article “Big Ideas: Giving Up the Ghost”  What would happen if humans did not have “free will”?  How does free will change our perception of people?  Does free will dominate the decisions in your life, or do you follow what other people are doing?