NEUR1020 W1

• What is the scientific method of psychology?

  1. Observation - the data you collect
  2. Explanation - theory you come up with
  3. Predictions - experiments to confirm your hypothesis
• Why is the cause and effect relationship important?

  Because causes can lead to theories, which then lead to predictions and then some way to support that claim.
• What are the 2 properties of scientific theories?

  1. Testable predictions
  2. Falsifiability
• What is paradigm?

  The school of thoughts, different ideas and different beliefs at that particular era of time. It is a framework for understanding and investigating phenomena and it dictates the methods and ways of research, offering perspective and opinions
• Can paradigms change overtime?

  yes
• What is cognitive paradigm?

  The use of technology, measuring the inputs of the stimulants and observing the outputs
• Why was Freud’s theories about how the unconscious mind influencing out thoughts and behaviours not good?

  the theories were untestable and unfalsifiable, which meant his theory was always right and hence no progress in any understanding.
• What do behaviourists believe?

  How the external environment shapes our thoughts and behaviours.
• What was Skinner’s radical behaviourism?

  Argued that the external environment determined both the observable and unobservable behaviours.
• Describe the cognitive paradigm into 3 flowcharts

  stimulus - the organism ( Black Box ) - response