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Chapter 1: Psychology: The Evolution of a Science - ✔✔...
What is psychology? What is the mind? What is behavior? - ✔✔Psychology is the
scientific study of the mind and behavior
Mind is our private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings
Behavior is the observable actions of human beings and nonhuman animals
What are the three key questions in psychology? - ✔✔1. What are the bases of
perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings, or our subjective senses of self?
2. How does the mind usually allow us to function effectively in the world?
3. Why does the mind occasionally function so ineffectively?
What is the nativism? What is philosophical empiricism? Which reflects "nature" and
which reflects "nurture" in the nature- nurture debate? - ✔✔Nativism is the
philosophical view that certain kinds of knowledge are innate or inborn
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,Philosophical empiricism is the philosophical view that all knowledge is acquired
through experience.
Although few modern psychologists believe that nativism or empiricism is entirely
correct, the issue of just how much "nature" and "nurture" explain any given behavior is
still a matter of controversy.
What is phrenology? How did work with brain damaged patients help establish a
mind- body connection? - ✔✔Phrenology is a now defunct theory that specific mental
abilities and characteristics, ranging from memory to the capacity for happiness, are
localized in specific regions of the brain.
When Paul Broca worked with a patient who had suffered damage to a small part of the
left side of the brain the patient was virtually unable to speak yet was able to
understand everything that was said and could communicate using gestures. Broca had
the crucial insight that damage to a specific part of the brain impaired a specific mental
function, clearly demonstrating that the mind and body are linked
Psychology has its roots in philosophy- from which it drew the questions it tries to
answer- and physiology. What is physiology? - ✔✔Physiology is the study of biological
processes, especially in the human body
Who is credited as being the founder of psychology including teaching its first course in
1867 and opening its first lab? - ✔✔Wilhelm Wundt
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, What is consciousness? How did Wundt study consciousness using stimuli and reaction
time? What is structuralism? What is introspection? What is the problem with using
introspection as a research method? - ✔✔Consciousness is a person's subjective
experience of the world and the mind.To study consciousness Wundt and his students
adopted an approach called structuralism, which is the analysis of the basic elements
that constitute the mind. Some of Wundt's studies used the method of introspection,
which involves the subjective observation of one's own experiment.
In a typical experiment, research participants were presented with a stimulus, and
asked to report their introspections. By analyzing the relation between feelings and
perceptual sensations, Wundt and his students hoped to uncover the basic structure of
conscious experience.
The problem with using introspection is that science requires replicable observations.
What is functionalism? How did William James differ from Wundt in how he believed
consciousness should be studied? Which man thought consciousness was a stream?
Which man thought it could be broken up? - ✔✔Functionalism is the study of the
purpose of mental processes serve in enabling people to adapt to their environment.
James agreed with Wundt of some points, but disagreed with his claim that
consciousness could be broken down into separate elements. James believed that trying
to isolate and analyze a particular moment of consciousness distorted the essential
nature of consciousness.
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Chapter 1: Psychology: The Evolution of a Science - ✔✔...
What is psychology? What is the mind? What is behavior? - ✔✔Psychology is the
scientific study of the mind and behavior
Mind is our private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings
Behavior is the observable actions of human beings and nonhuman animals
What are the three key questions in psychology? - ✔✔1. What are the bases of
perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings, or our subjective senses of self?
2. How does the mind usually allow us to function effectively in the world?
3. Why does the mind occasionally function so ineffectively?
What is the nativism? What is philosophical empiricism? Which reflects "nature" and
which reflects "nurture" in the nature- nurture debate? - ✔✔Nativism is the
philosophical view that certain kinds of knowledge are innate or inborn
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,Philosophical empiricism is the philosophical view that all knowledge is acquired
through experience.
Although few modern psychologists believe that nativism or empiricism is entirely
correct, the issue of just how much "nature" and "nurture" explain any given behavior is
still a matter of controversy.
What is phrenology? How did work with brain damaged patients help establish a
mind- body connection? - ✔✔Phrenology is a now defunct theory that specific mental
abilities and characteristics, ranging from memory to the capacity for happiness, are
localized in specific regions of the brain.
When Paul Broca worked with a patient who had suffered damage to a small part of the
left side of the brain the patient was virtually unable to speak yet was able to
understand everything that was said and could communicate using gestures. Broca had
the crucial insight that damage to a specific part of the brain impaired a specific mental
function, clearly demonstrating that the mind and body are linked
Psychology has its roots in philosophy- from which it drew the questions it tries to
answer- and physiology. What is physiology? - ✔✔Physiology is the study of biological
processes, especially in the human body
Who is credited as being the founder of psychology including teaching its first course in
1867 and opening its first lab? - ✔✔Wilhelm Wundt
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, What is consciousness? How did Wundt study consciousness using stimuli and reaction
time? What is structuralism? What is introspection? What is the problem with using
introspection as a research method? - ✔✔Consciousness is a person's subjective
experience of the world and the mind.To study consciousness Wundt and his students
adopted an approach called structuralism, which is the analysis of the basic elements
that constitute the mind. Some of Wundt's studies used the method of introspection,
which involves the subjective observation of one's own experiment.
In a typical experiment, research participants were presented with a stimulus, and
asked to report their introspections. By analyzing the relation between feelings and
perceptual sensations, Wundt and his students hoped to uncover the basic structure of
conscious experience.
The problem with using introspection is that science requires replicable observations.
What is functionalism? How did William James differ from Wundt in how he believed
consciousness should be studied? Which man thought consciousness was a stream?
Which man thought it could be broken up? - ✔✔Functionalism is the study of the
purpose of mental processes serve in enabling people to adapt to their environment.
James agreed with Wundt of some points, but disagreed with his claim that
consciousness could be broken down into separate elements. James believed that trying
to isolate and analyze a particular moment of consciousness distorted the essential
nature of consciousness.
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