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Chapter 1 (science of Psychology) - AnswerPsychology - Answer-A scientific study of behavior and mental processes -Focuses on BOTH our outer actions and our inner actions -How we as humans think, feel, and act Wundt - Answer-"Father of psychology" -Established 1st psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany -Approach: Structuralism Structuralism and Wundt - Answer-Wilhelm Wundt's approach -Our consciousness can be broken down into the essential elements -Try to better understand the bas...

Name two reasons why Neuropsy. could be important for the court! correct answers Marr's Levels of Analysis (David Marr-1982) Vision: A Computational Investigation into the Human Representation and Processing of Visual Information correct answers Computational level: What is the goal of the system? Algorithmic/Mechanistic level: What steps are needed to accomplish the task? Which representations or operations are unsed to solve the problem? Implementation level: How is the algorithm imple...

Psychology unit 1 Question and answers 2023/2024 verified to passJohn Locke - correct answer the mind is a 'blank slate' at birth and we are formed and develop from our own experiences with the environment. Wilhelm Wundt - correct answer Father of experimental psychology Leipzig, Germany (1879) - correct answer world's first experimental psychology lab Edward Bradford Titchener - correct answer Titchener is best known for creating his version of psychology that described the structu...

What is Psychology? - Answer-The scientific study of behavior and mental processes Pseudopsychologies - Answer-are unreliable approaches that do not use the scientific method examples: Astrology, Palmistry, Psychokinesis, Follicology Psychology's Four Goals - Answer-Description: tells "what" occurred Explanation: tells "why" a behavior or mental process occurred Prediction: identifies conditions "under which a future behavior or mental process is likely to occur" Change: applies ps...

The definition of psychology - the scientific study of behavior and mental processes what is the scientific method - the most objective way to acquire knowledge what are the 4 goals of psychology? - 1. description 2. explanation 3. prediction 4. influence why is this field considered a science? - Psychology separated itself from philosophy when researchers started began using the scientific method to study mental processes and behavior. what is basic research? - pure what is applied resear...

What is Psychology? - Answer-The scientific study of behavior and mental processes Pseudopsychologies - Answer-are unreliable approaches that do not use the scientific method examples: Astrology, Palmistry, Psychokinesis, Follicology Psychology's Four Goals - Answer-Description: tells "what" occurred Explanation: tells "why" a behavior or mental process occurred Prediction: identifies conditions "under which a future behavior or mental process is likely to occur" Change: applies ps...

psychology - Answer-scientific study of behaviour and the mind behaviour - Answer-directly observable activity ex) actions, responses, etc. mind - Answer-internal states and mental processes ex) thinking, motivation, etc. goals of psychology - Answer-1. describe behaviour and the mind 2. explain causes of behaviours 3. predict behaviours 4. control behaviours under certain conditions empirical - Answer-gained through experience and observation folk psychology - Answer-commonly held bel...

VCU Psychology 101 Exam 1 Questions and Answers Already Passed What is Psychology? Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. goals of psychology To accurately measure and describe, explain, predict, and control/alter behavior and mental processes William Wundt first person to call himself a psychologist, opened first psych lab in Germany (Univ of Leipzig), called his approach Structuralism. He looked inward on experiences and how they related to one anot...

Psychology 110 - Exam 1 Study Guide Questions And Answers Already Passed The definition of psychology the scientific study of behavior and mental processes what is the scientific method the most objective way to acquire knowledge what are the 4 goals of psychology? 1. description 2. explanation 3. prediction 4. influence why is this field considered a science? Psychology separated itself from philosophy when researchers started began using the scientific method to study mental proc...

What do you call the historical, economic, social, and cultural factors that influence mental processes and behavior? - Context *Everything that people think, say, and do is affected and influenced by these factors. Hence, context must be taken into account in psychology Who do most historians credit with establishing the first scientific laboratory dedicated to studying behavior? - Wilhelm Wundt *opened in Leipzig in 1879 One evening, Genie jumps into a pool and shivers at the coldness o...