Module 1 Flashcards
How is psychology a science?
Psychology’s finding, based on empirical approach, resulting of careful observation
Why is “the rat always right”
The rat (psychologist’s maze) is Always right because facts are facts
Empirical Approach
Evidence based method that draws on observation and experimentation
Critical thinking
Not blindly accepting arguments/conclusions. Examines assumptions, appraises the source. Discern biases, evaluated evidence and assesses conclusions
Wilhelm Wundt
1879 first lab in Germany
Conducted the ball study
Two schools of psychology of thought
Structuralism
Functionalism
Structuralism
Early school of thought.
Used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind
(Wundt and titchener)
Functionalism
(James/ influenced by Darwin)
Explores mental and behavioral processes function
Adapt, survive, flourish)
What event defined start of scientific psychology
Germany 1879
Wundt opened the first lab
What is introspection
Self reflection
Looking inward
Why did introspection fail?
Self reports often varied depending on experience and the persons intelligence and speaking abilities
The school of _____ used introspection to define the minds make up
Structuralism
______\ focused on how mental processes enable us to adapt/survice/ flourish
Functionalism
What is behaviorism
1920 John b Watson /B F Skinner
The view that psychology should be objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes
Freudian psychology
Our unconscious mind/ childhood experiences affect our behavior
Signing Freud
