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History of Psychology
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•Prescientific psychology asked the questions is the mind connected to the body or distinct? Are ideas inborn or is the mind a blank slate filled by experience?
•Psychological science was known as empiricism which states that knowledge comes from experience via the senses and that science flourishes through observation and experiment. |
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Three Paradigms
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•Wilhelm Wundt (c. 1879) – Introspection which was science of the mind
•John Watson (1920-1960) – Behaviorism which is the study of behavior, he came up with the S-R psychology ( stimulus response) •Current (19060-current) – S---------R which was mental processing |
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Psychology
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The science of behavior and mental processes.
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Biological Perspective
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Explores the links between brain and mind
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Behavioral Perspective
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How we learn observable responses
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