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6 Cards in this Set
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Naive Realism |
The belief that we see the world precisely as it is |
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Define psychology |
the scientific study of the mind, brain, and behaviour in an attempt to understand, predict, and in some cases control human behaviour |
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Levels of analysis |
social cultural influences: relating to others and personal relationships psychological: thoughts, feelings, emotions biological: molecules and brain structure |
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5 Main Challenges of Psychology |
behaviour is difficult to predict predictors are rarly independent people are different from one another people influence one another behaviour is shaped by culture |
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Reciprocal determinism |
we mutually influence each other's behaviours |
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Introspection |
the careful reflective and systematic observation of the details of mental processes and how simple thoughts combine into complex ideas |
