Psychology 101 Exam 122 Study Questions With Correct Answers

Psychology - ️️The scientific investigation of mental processes and behavior Where did psychology branch out from? - ️️Physiology and Philosophy Structuralism - ️️Focused on the structure of consciousness and the mind (not identified with anymore) 2 Structuralists - ️️Wundt and Titchener Functionalism - ️️Focused on the function of the mind in helping people adapt to their environment (not identified with anymore) 2 Functionalists - ️️Darwin and James 3 Broad ways of understanding psychological phenomena - ️️Theoretical Propositions, Shared Metaphors, Accepted Methods of Observation Modern Perspectives - ️️Psychodynamic, Behaviorist, Cognitive, Evolutionary Psychodynamic - ️️started by Sigmund Freud; case studies, not easy to test or prove because of small sample size Behaviorist - ️️Ivan Pavlov and B.F. Skinner; mental processes are byproducts of environmental events; experiment Behaviorist Metaphor - ️️People are like machines