chapter 1 and 2 pshychology

the scientific study of the mind

observerved the effects of brain damage in animals

observed the effects of brain damage on the mental abilities and behaviors of people

furthered the science by developing methods of measuring responces

is credited with funding psychology as a scientific discipline, creating the first psychological laboratory, and teaching the fist course in physiological psychology

the analysis of the basic elements that constitute the mind

the study of the pupose mental processes serve in enabling people to adapt to their enviroment

charles darwin's theory that the features of an organism that help it survive and reproduce are more likely than other features to be passed in subsequent generations

helped organize psychology in america withthe formation of the first profesional laboratory,journal, and professional organizations in the field

a temporay loss of cognitive or motor functions usually as a result of emotionally upsetting expirences

the part of the mind that operates outside of conscious awarencess but influences conscious thoughts feelings and actions

sensory input from the enviroment

the amount of time taken to respond to a specific stimulus

the subjective obsevation of ones own experience

brought structuralism to america, setting up a psychlogy laboratoy at cornell university

our private inner expirences of perceptions memories and feelings

obsevable actions of human beings and nonhuman animals

the philosophical view that certain kinds of knowlegde are innate or inborn

theh philosophical view that all knowledge is acquired through expirence

a now defunct theory that specific mental abilities and charecteristic ranging from the memory to the capacity for the hapiness are localized in spcific regions to the brain

the study of biological processes especially in the human body

sigmound freuds approach to understanding human behaviour that emphasizes the importance of unconscience mental processes in shaping feelings thoughts and behaviors

a therapuetic approach that focuses on bringing unconscious material into conscious awarness to better undertand psychological disorders

an approach to understanding human nature that emphisizes the positive potential of human beings

an approach that advocates that psychologist restrict themselves to scientific study of objectively observable behavior

an action or physiological change elicited by a stimulis

the consequnces of a behavior that determin whether it will be more likely that the behaviorwill occur again

errors of perception memory or judgment in which subjective expirence differs from objective reality