WEEK 1 - History & Methods 1 Flashcards
1
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What is INTROSPECTION?
A
a method by which trained observers carefully attend to and report upon their mental experiences
2
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What is STRUCTURALISM?
A
- School of psychology that aimed to identify the basic psychological experience
- asks ‘what’ questions ex. “what is conscious thought?”
2
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What is FUNCTIONALISM?
A
- School of psychology that aimed to identify the basic psychological experience
- asks ‘why’ questions ex. “why do we sometimes forget things?”
3
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What is NATURAL SELECTION?
A
principle that organisms that possess adaptions survive and produce at a higher rate than other organisms
4
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What is BEHAVIOURISM?
A
School of psychology that focuses on uncovering the general laws of learning by looking outside the organism
5
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What is COGNITION?
A
Mental process involved in different aspects of thinking
