Psychological Thinking - Psych 111

Flashcards covering key vocabulary from the 'Psychological Thinking' lecture, designed to aid in understanding core concepts of psychology and critical thinking.

Psychology

The scientific study of mind and behavior.

Psychological Science (Critical Aspect)

Characterized by curiosity and healthy skepticism.

Psychological Science (Summative Aspect)

Involves considering multiple sources of evidence, with understanding growing over time.

Psychological Science (Scientific Aspect)

Uses the scientific method to test hypotheses about mind and behavior.

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to seek out, pay attention to, and believe only evidence that supports what we already believe.

Overconfidence Effect

The tendency to be overly sure of what we know.

Evolutionary Perspective in Psychology

Focuses on understanding broad patterns of behavior related to evolution.

Cultural Perspective in Psychology

Focuses on understanding broad patterns of behavior across different cultures.

Cognitive Perspective in Psychology

Focuses on understanding thoughts and feelings.

Emotional Perspective in Psychology

Focuses on understanding emotions and their role in thoughts and feelings.

Biological-Neuroscience Perspective in Psychology

Focuses on understanding the roles of the body and brain in behavior.

Developmental Perspective in Psychology

Focuses on understanding stable and changing patterns of behavior across the lifespan.

Personality Perspective in Psychology

Focuses on understanding stable and changing patterns of behavior related to individual traits.

Social Perspective in Psychology

Focuses on understanding stable and changing patterns of behavior within social contexts.

Clinical Perspective in Psychology

Focuses on understanding and treating psychological disorders and promoting well-being.

Themes in Psychology

Five unifying principles including: nature/nurture interaction, identifying universal aspects and variation in behavior, conscious/unconscious processes, insights from normal functioning and dysfunctions, and applying psychology for positive change.

Empirical Evidence

The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid, based on astute observation and accurate measurement.

Pseudoscience

A collection of beliefs or practices mistakenly thought to be based on valid science.

Intellectual Humility

The recognition of your intellectual limitations and the acknowledgment that your beliefs, ideas, and knowledge could be wrong or incomplete.