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Chapter 1
psychological science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| psychology | the scientific study of behaviour, thought, and experience, and how they can be affected by physical, mental, social, and environmental factors |
| scientific method | a way of learning about the world through collecting observations, developing theories to explain them, and using the theories to make predictions |
| hypothesis | a testable prediction about processes that can be observed and measured |