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Jun 1, 2020 · Even though the concept of behavior is central to modern psychology, there is no consensus regarding what the term behavior means. The current paper focuses on disentangling two separate ...
Jun 20, 2011 · Psychology is the science of mental behavior and the human mind, and the professional application of such knowledge toward the greater good. This definition contains several key elements...
- Gregg Henriques
- Matter: The First Dimension of Behavioral Complexity
- Life: The Second Dimension of Behavioral Complexity
- Mind: The Third Dimension of Behavioral Complexity
- Culture: The Fourth Dimension of Behavioral Complexity
In physics, matter refers to any entity that has mass and takes up space. When capitalized and placed in the context of the ToK System, Matter refers to the first dimension of behavioral complexity and denotes the emergence of the energy-matter-space-time grid following the Big Bang. Consistent with modern cosmology, the ToK System characterizes th...
Life is the second dimension of behavioral complexity on the ToK System. Although there is a significant probability that life may exist elsewhere in the universe (see, e.g., Frank and Sullivan III 2016), the ToK System maps our current knowledge of the empirically documented universe. The best scientific evidence suggests that planet earth formed ...
The ToK System jolts us out of the now well-documented Cartesian error (Damasio 1994) of equating the concept of “mind” with human self-consciousness and rationality. Instead, the structure of the ToK highlights that the proper conception of the mental is to align it with the animal kingdom, most notably animals with brains and complex adaptive bod...
The behavior of people in socio-linguistic contexts is called Culture on the ToK. Like Life and Mind, Culture is capitalized here to refer to a specific dimension of behavioral complexity. It refers to the shared, socially constructed reality of human persons, and their systems of verbal communication and propositional meaning making. It is importa...
- Gregg Henriques, Joseph Michalski
- 2020
Introduction to Psychology, Objectives, Goals Define psychology. Explain Psychology as a Science. Elucidate the characteristics of Science. Describe the nature and characteristics of behaviour. Explain ‘Pseudo-Psychology’. Identify the tasks of Psychology. 1.2 PSYCHOLOGY: ITS ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION
Jun 14, 2022 · In this article, we argue that better conceptualization of psychological phenomena is needed to move psychology forward as a science. We first show how conceptual unclarity seeps through all aspects of psychological research, from everyday concepts to statistical measures.
Psychology’s Status as a Science: Peculiarities and Intrinsic Challenges. Moving Beyond its Current Deadlock Towards Conceptual Integration. Open Access. Jana Uher1. Published online: 17 June 2020. The Author(s) 2020. Abstract. Psychology holds an exceptional position among the sciences.
The Empirical Nature of Science. At the heart of our working definition of science is experimentation and observation. These are critical tools of science, and they are linked to an empirical approach. Empirical. refers to evidence based on observations, especially evidence obtained by systematic and controlled . scientific research (Kerlinger ...
