PSYCHOLOGY THEMES AND VARIATIONS 7TH
CANADIAN EDITION COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
SCRIPT WITH SOLUTIONS
◉ Introspection.
Answer: Careful, systematic self observation of ones own conscious
experience.
personal observation of our own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
ignore what object is and describe your conscious experience of it
◉ Functionalism.
Answer: based on the belief that psychology should investigate the
function or purpose pof consciousness, rather than its structure.
◉ William James.
Answer: Chief architect of functionalism- wrote principles of
psychology (1890) - thoughts based on Darwin's theory of natural
selection. "Psychology should investigate the functions rather than
the structure of consciousness"
, stream of consciousness
◉ Behaviorism.
Answer: A theoretical orientation based on the premise that
scientific psychology should study only observable behavior
effects of environment on overt behavior human animals
only observable events (stimulus-response relations) studied
scientifically
◉ Behaviorism people.
Answer: John Watson and B.F. Skinner and Ivan Pavlov
◉ John B. Watson.
Answer: focus on observable behavior
abandon study of consciousness altogether and focus exclusively on
behaviors they could observe directly
power of science rested on idea of verifiability
CANADIAN EDITION COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
SCRIPT WITH SOLUTIONS
◉ Introspection.
Answer: Careful, systematic self observation of ones own conscious
experience.
personal observation of our own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
ignore what object is and describe your conscious experience of it
◉ Functionalism.
Answer: based on the belief that psychology should investigate the
function or purpose pof consciousness, rather than its structure.
◉ William James.
Answer: Chief architect of functionalism- wrote principles of
psychology (1890) - thoughts based on Darwin's theory of natural
selection. "Psychology should investigate the functions rather than
the structure of consciousness"
, stream of consciousness
◉ Behaviorism.
Answer: A theoretical orientation based on the premise that
scientific psychology should study only observable behavior
effects of environment on overt behavior human animals
only observable events (stimulus-response relations) studied
scientifically
◉ Behaviorism people.
Answer: John Watson and B.F. Skinner and Ivan Pavlov
◉ John B. Watson.
Answer: focus on observable behavior
abandon study of consciousness altogether and focus exclusively on
behaviors they could observe directly
power of science rested on idea of verifiability
