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28 Cards in this Set
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Hermann Ebbinghaus
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One of the first experimental psycologists
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Wilhelm Wundt
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Founded first formal lab experimental Psycology
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Edward Titchner
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Cornell University (1889)
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James Mark Baldwin
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University of Toronto (1992)
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William James
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Wrote the priciples of Psycology
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G. Stanley Hall
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Founded American Psycology Association. APA & CPA
Over 40 Psych labs in North America |
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Goals of Psycology - (Behaviour)
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-describe
-explain -predict -control |
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Accurate Observations (behaviour)
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-Behavioural Data are reports of observations about the behaviour or organisms and the conditions under which the behaviour occurs
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Levels of Analysis
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-Global
-Specific |
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Predicting what will happen
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-Predictions in Psych are statements about the likelihood that a certain behaviour will occur or that a given relationship will be found
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Control
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Control is central. It means making behaviour happen or not happen.
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Definition of Psychology
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-Scientific
-Behaviour -Individual -Mental |
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Scientific Method
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-Orderly steps used to analyze and solve problems
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Behaviour
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-The means by which organisms adjust to their environment. Behaviour is action
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Individual
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-Subject of analysis (Individual)
-May be in natural or controlled environment |
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Mental Processes
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-The workings of the human mind
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Psycology-
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-Focus largely on the behaviour in individuals. Is a health science
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Sociology
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-Focus on the behaviour of people in groups
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Anthropology
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-Focus on the behaviour of different cultures
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Biological Sciences
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-Brain processes and the biochemical bases of behaviour
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Cognitive Science
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-questions how the human mind works and are related to research and theory
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Structuralism
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-Contents of the mind -Psych became a lab science organized around experiments
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Wundt's Tradition
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-Precise measurement
-Statistical Analysis of Data -Emphasis on Scientific Method |
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Edward Titchener
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-Emphasized the "what" of mental contents rather than "why" or "how" of thinking.
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Structuralism(2)
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-the study of the structure of mind and behaviour
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Structuralism attacked 3 fronts
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-Reductionistic
-Elemental -Mentalistic |
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Max Wertheimer - Geshalts
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-Organized Wholes rather than the sum of it's parts
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Functionalism
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-Primary importance to learned habits that enable organisms to adapt their environment and to function effectively.
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