Lecture1 Introduction to psychology
mind, cognition of the environment and
ourselves
· Psyche as a form of interaction with oneself
or an environment based on an individual
experience
More for discussion..
· What is the aim of psyche?
· Is it possible to change psyche? If yes, how?
· Is it possible that the same phenomenon is
once psychical and another time not?
· What is a mental disorder?
· Do we have free will, or are we driven by our
environment, biology, and nonconscious
influences?
Psychology as a science
· Psychology is a science that gathers facts
systematically, organizes them into general
principles and formulates theories out of
these factual data
Is psychology rather a new or an old science?
- Scientific and pre-scientific psychology
Interpreting data
· Qualitative vs quantitative studies
· Results are interpreted statistically significant even
when the effect size is small
· Results must be repeatable
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