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PSYX 100 1st Edition Lecture 1Chapter 2 readingsPg 33-39, 42-55, and 59Review Ch. 1- Dualism- All people are composed of the mind and body and are both qualitatively differento Body is natural where the mind is supernatural o Does Not allow science of the mind (psychology) Must believe in something other than dualism- Fluid Materialism- Humans only have 1 part and everything is all naturalo Not taught in 19th century universitieso No nonfiction psychology books allowedo Monism- modern day fluid materialismo Used fiction and poetry to get out ideas- Charles Darwino Greatest Scientist of the 19th Centuryo No students evero Wrote the book of species to attack Scala natureo Despised Racism greatly- Legacy of Darwin’s Theoryo Descartes claimed that nonhuman animals were like robots; had no mind soul. and couldn't feel paino Therefore they could do ANYTHING to an animalToday’s Lecture starting Ch. 2- Facto An objective statemento You can never be 100% sure in science- Theoryo ideas or models designed too explain existing facts Make predictions about new facts that may be discovered- Hypothesiso Predictions about new factso Based on theories- Research Designso when a researcher manipulates an independent variable and looks for change in the dependent variableThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- No true scientific method…- You can be a scientist without using any type of scientific method- Not every field uses this, this is just most popular version of research in 1945Methods- Experimentso called an IV o manipulated by the researchero hypothesized to manipulate the DVo Measured by the researcher Examples of an Experiment- Beast(beer) vs Sprite- Question- Does drinking the beast cause people to be more likely to hit pedestrians while driving?o IV in this experiment is what is being dranko DV in this experiment is dead PedestriansMethods (continued)- Not everything can be studied with experimentso Ethical and Practical Reasons- Tells us what's going on- Does not tell us why things are the way they are- Can help us make predictions- Don't tell us anything about what caused


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