Psychology as a Science Flashcards
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Who was wundt
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Father of psychology, set up first psychology lab, aim to describe nature of human consciousness in a carefully controlled scientific environment
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What was introspection
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Conscious examination of conscious events , asked patients to reflect on own cognitive processes
3
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How are wundts methods subjective
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Non observable responses, unable to comment on unconscious factors, varied greatly from person to person so difficult to establish general principles
4
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What does FORE stand for
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Falsifiability, objectivity, replicability, empirical methods
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What is a paradigm
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A shared set of assumptions about a subject
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What is a paradigm shift
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Progress until a scientific revolution occurs(too much contradictory evidence)
