What is Psychology? Flashcards
Psychology is…
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
What are the four main goals of psychology?
Describe, predict, explain, control.
What are the three main things early psychologists debated?
The proper subject matter of psych.
The methods that should be used to investigate psychological issues.
If these findings should be used to change or enhance human behavior.
Early philosophers, such as ______ and ___ _____ had influential ideas on psychology until modern science.
Aristotle; Rene Descartes.
“The ____ and the ____ are separate ________.”
- ____ _________
Mind; Body; Entities; Rene Descartes.
Scientists came to the conclusion that ______ vs ______ is _________ to unravel.
Nature; Nurture; Impossible.
What three things were early philosophers limited to?
Intuition, observation, and logic.
Psychology’s inception and advancement hinged on the advancements of other sciences, such as…?
Physiology
Define Physiology.
Physiology is the study of functions and parts of living organisms.
Wilhelm Wundt was…?
The founder of psychology.
What did Wilhelm Wundt originally study?
Mental reaction times in response to visual or auditory stimuli.
In ____, _______ _____ published __________ of _____________ __________.
1874; Wilhelm Wundt; Principles; Physiological Psychology.
What did “Principles of Physiological Psychology” speak about?
Outlined connections between physiology and psychology; argued psychology should be separately established as a study.
The first psychology lab was created in what year, what place, and by who?
1879; University of Leipzig; Wilhelm Wundt.
What was Wundt’s definition of psychology?
“The study of consciousness.”
