Chp 1 Psychology test review

the scientific study of behavior and mental processes

• Psychology

• Intorspection

• Humanistic psychology

• Applied research

4 goals of psychology

• Describe

• Explain

• Predict

• Change

• Research

Involves weighing pieces of evidence, and considering the source and quality of information before accepting it as valid

• Critical Thinking

• Anecdotal Evidence

• Empirical Evidence

• Inference

Overall aim was of_______ early experiments was to measure psychological processes through introspection.

-required all his participants to complete 10,000 "introspective observations" prior to starting data collection

• Wundt

• Titchener

• James

-developed a movement of psychology know as structuralism

-set up a laboratory at Cornell University in New York

-conducted experiments aimed at determining the structure and most basic elements of the mind

-his participants provided detailed reports of their subjective experiences

• Titchener

• Wundt

• James

-offered the first psychology classes in the U.S.

-inspired by the work of Charles Darwin

-believed that consciousness serves a function, and that it's important to study how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors help us adapt to the environment

• James

• Wundt

• Titchener

a method for examining one's own conscious activites

• Introspection

• Structuralism

• Functionalism

Uncover the structure of the mind

• Structuralism

• Functionalism

Aimed to identify the adaptive function of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors

• Functionalism

• Structuralism

-Intersted in abnormal functioning and unconscious thought; personality is shaped by unconscious conflict

-Underlying conflicts influence behavior

• Psychoanalytic

• Cognitive

• Sociocultural

• Behavioral