Defintions Intro To Psych Flashcards
Psychology
The scientific study of behaviour, mental processes, and experiences of human beings in different context.
BEHAVIOUR
Responses or reactions that we make or activities that we engage in.
Behaviour can be overt and covert.
Mental processes
All the internal, covert, hidden activities of our mind such as thinking feeling and remembering which are related to cognition and different from neural activities though they are mutually overlapping processes these are the states of consciousness or awareness of our mind.
Experiences
The learning acquired through everyday life situation which is subjective in nature and cannot be directly observed and are embedded in our awareness.
It is a knowledge or skill that comes through an event by involvement in it or by exposure to it.
Epistemology
The philosophical study of nature origin and limits of human knowledge.
Hypothetico-deductive model
A scientific method used to develop and test theories or hypothesis about human behaviour and mental processes this allows psychologist to systematically investigate how and why certain behaviours or mental processes occur it includes for eating a hypothesis then making testable productions than testing the hypothesis analysing the data and then concluding and theory division its suggest that scientific advancement can take place if you have a theory to explain a phenomena.
Hypothesis
A tentative solution to a problem or a tentative explanation of a phenomena.
Empirical research
an approach that involves collecting data through direct observation experimentation or experience rather than relying on theories, beliefs or logic alone this method emphasizes measurable evidence to investigate psychological phenomena, test hypothesis, and validate theories.
Scientific analysis
The systematic and structured approach that psychologist use to study behaviour and mental processes which involves using established scientific methods to collect analyse and interpret data to explain psychological phenomena.