Intro to psych SAC

Question 0

What is the study of living systems called

Answer 0

Physiology

Question 1

Define psychology

Answer 1

Psychology is the scientific study of behaviour and mental processes in humans.

Question 2

Define philosophy

Answer 2

Study of general and fundamental problems

Question 3

What were the philosophical/psychological ideas of : SOCRATES

Answer 3

-individual differences and how these may be inherited

Question 4

What were the philosophical/psychological ideas of : PLATO

Answer 4

-the theory of soul, where body and mind were separate

Question 5

What were the philosophical/psychological ideas of : ARISTOTLE

Answer 5

-body and mind (psyche) were connected

Question 6

What were the philosophical/psychological ideas of : DESCARTES

Answer 6

• concept of Dualism

- viewed mind and body as interactive machines

Question 7

What were the philosophical/psychological ideas of : FREUD

Answer 7

-the division of the mind into Id, ego and superego

Question 8

What was Hermann Von Helmholtz’s experiment?

Answer 8

He developed a method of measuring the speed of nerve impulses in a frogs leg

Question 9

Who set up the first psychological laboratory to study conscious experience?

Answer 9

Wilhelm Wundt

Question 10

What was the main focus of study for Wilhelm Wundt?

Answer 10

The structure of consciousness

Question 11

Which perspective did Wilhelm Wundt focus on?

Answer 11

Structuralism

Question 12

What is structuralism?

Answer 12

It focuses on structure and basic elements of the mind