Chapter 1 Flashcards
(17 cards)
Group Level: Similarities and Differences
Race; gender; socioeconomic status; sexual orientation; age; marital status; geographic location; religion; ethnicity; culture; disability
Individual Level: Uniqueness
- genetic endowment
- non-shared experiences
Metaphysical Systems
- animism
- mythology
- religion
Philosophy
Study of knowledge and nature of reality via use of logic
Physical Sciences
- Physiology
- Experimental Method
Psychology Values
- empirical evidence
- critical thinking
- systematic research methods
Goals of Psychologists
- understanding behaviors
- explain behaviors
- predict behaviors
- control behaviors
Scientific Method
1) make observation
2) hypothesis
3) experiment
4) assessment
5) report
6) reproduce findings
Determinism
The universe is orderly; all events have meaningful, systematic causes
Empiricism
Make observations
Parsimony
Keeps things simple; no unnecessary concepts
Testability
Theory should be testable and falsifiable
Religion
1) Authority
2) Intuition
3) Logic
4) Observation
Government
1) Authority
2) Intuition
3) Logic
4) Observation
Philosophy
1) Logic
2) Observation
3) Intuition
4) Authority
Science
1) Observation
2) Logic
3) Intuition
4) Authority
Universal Level: Homo Sapiens
- common experiences
- biological/physical similarities
- self-awareness
- ability to use symbols
