Wertheimer Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

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 - The scientific study of behavior and mental processes Four Goals of Psychology - Description, Explanation, Prediction, and Control Wilhelm Wundt - "Father of Psychology"; introspection-1879 Edward Titchener - Wundt's student; brought structuralism to America Margaret Washburn - First woman to earn a Ph.D. in psychology William James - founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to function in our environment Minorities in Psychology - many of psychology's ...

Which of the following was mentioned as a skill to which psychology students would be exposed? a. critical thinking b. use of the scientific method c. critical evaluation of sources of information d. all of the above - CORRECT ANSWER D. All of the above Psyche is a Greek word meaning ________. a. essence b. soul c. behavior d. love - CORRECT ANSWER B. Soul Before psychology became a recognized academic discipline, matters of the mind were undertaken by those in ________....

Define Psychology - Answer-study of mind; study of behavior and mental processing Describe the scientific method - Answer-is a way to ask and answer scientific questions by making observations and doing experiments. Why is Psychology defined as a hub science? - Answer-bc numerous scientific fields come together in psyc, connect other disciplin What are the major roots of Psychology? - Answer-2: phil and physical science What is the relationship between behavior and biology? - Answer-recipr...

General Psychology PSYC-2301 Unit 1 (Ch.1-3) well answered to passWhich of the following was mentioned as a skill to which psychology students would be exposed? - correct answer All of the above. Critical thinking, Use of the scientific method, and critical evaluation of sources of information. Psyche is a Greek word meaning? - correct answer Soul Before psychology became a recognized academic discipline, matters of the mind were undertaken by those in? - correct answer Philosophy In th...

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...

Psych 202 Inquizitive Chapter 1Which of the following are the major tenets of Darwin's theory of evolution? - correct answer Species change over time. Members of the species that have adaptive changes are most likely to survive. Members of the species that survive are most likely to reproduce Identify the following ways in which a good psychologist views new and surprising conclusions of research studies. - correct answer using critical thinking with amiable skepticism Match the school...

What is Psychology? - The scientific study of behavior and mental processes Pseudopsychologies - are unreliable approaches that do not use the scientific method examples: Astrology, Palmistry, Psychokinesis, Follicology Psychology's Four Goals - 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 psychological knowle...

Titchener - Structuralism: Structure or basic elements of the mind Freud - Psychoanalysis: Unconscious motivators of behavior Wertheimer - Gestalt Psychology: Perceptions of patterns and whole figures James - Functionalism: how mind allows people to adapt, live, work, and play Wundt - Introspection: Examining one's own mental activities Pavlov&Watson - Behaviorism: observable behavior Four goals of psychology? - Control, Explain, Predict, Describe Cognitive - thinking, process, interpret...

Definition of Social Psychology - Answer-**The scientific study of the way in which people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people** Social influence - Answer-How the people/society around us influences us Social Situation - Answer-Identify the objective properties of the situation Document the behaviors that follow from these objective properties Behaviorism - Answer-The objective situation (+) or (-) influences behavior Choose...