Psychology Midterm 1: History of Psychology

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behavior vs mental processes

behavior = observable
William Wundt

created first psychological laboratory
2 pillars: philosophy
- all knowledge acquired from learning
- Locke = nurture
2 pillars: physiology
- Darwin
- mechanist- everything can be explained with physical/chemistry
- measure evidence of mental processes
Gestalt theory

whole personal experience DIFFERENT from sum of elements
structuralism
- Wundt
- SEPARATE 3 mental elements: images, feelings, sensations
- introspection- self observation of thoughts
functionalism
- James
- opposed structuralism
- HOW mind works and interacts with it's elements
- stream of consciousness- mind constantly changing
Freud
- psychoanalysis- study of unconscious
- mental illness- obsessed with unconscious vs conscious
- guilty pleasure vs morality
humanistic psychology
- accept good and bad
- opposed Freud
behaviorism

scientific study of observable behavior, not hidden mental processes
cognitive revolution
- against behaviorism
- mind = computer
- research on hidden mental processes
- how thoughts affect behavior
social psychology

how social factors affect behavior
critical thinking

reaching conclusions supported by evidence
4 goals of science
- 1. describe (what)
- 2. predict (when)
- 3. control (causes)
- 4. explain (why)
3 characteristics of science
- 1. structured empiricism- relies on observation
- 2. verification- replication of experiment
- 3. testable hypothesis- theory (hypothesis)-->background research-->methods-->research-->data analysis-->report results
cautionary points of science
- coincidence
- observation may have multiple causes
correlation study
- appropriate when experiment cannot be done due to ethical concerns
- cannot randomly assign treatments

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Psychology Midterm 1: History of Psychology

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Intro to Psychology

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2017-02-18T21:38:48Z

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