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Structuralism |
A School of psychology whose goal was to identify the basic elements or "structures" of psychological experiences and create a periodic table of the elements of sensations. |
Quantification of psychological experiences |
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Scientific method |
Set of assumptions, rules and procedures that scientists use to conduct empirical research |
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Difference between facts and values |
Values are personal statements that cannot be proved or disproved by science, thus not within the domain of scientific inquiry. Facts, on the other hand are objective statements determined to be accurate through empirical study. |
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Levels of explanation |
Perspectives used to understand behavior |
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What are levels of explanation in psychology |
- Lower levels analyze biological influences - Middle levels focus on the individual's characteristics and abilities - Higher levels study groups |
There are 3 of them |
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Why is psychology's goal to predict behavior by understanding its causes hard to achieve? |
- Because of individual differences that render any prediction only probabilistic - Because behavior is determined by multiple factors often interdependent - Because behavior is influenced by factors outside if our conscious awareness |
3 causes |
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The founder of the structuralist approach |
Wilhem Wundt |
A German man |
