PSY 100 Lecture 1: Intro to Psychology Chapter 01 notes
27 Feb 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Chapter preview: defining psychology and exploring its roots, contemporary approaches to psychology, psychology"s scientific method, types of psychological research. Chapter preview: research samples and settings, conducting ethical research, learning about psychology means learning about you. ____________ is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Three key components: _________ systematic methods, _________ what can be directly observed, ________________ thoughts, feelings, motives. Psychological frame of mind: attitudes of scientific approach, critical thinking, curiosity, skepticism, objectivity. Science of all human behavior: diverse field, understanding truths of human life in all dimensions, includes people"s _____ and ____ experiences, from freud"s view of human nature, to positive psychology. Figure 1. 1 - settings in which psychologists work. Historical perspective: western philosophy, biology and physiology, wilhelm wundt and structuralism, william james and functionalism. Structuralism: wilhelm wundt (1832-1920, german philosopher-physician, first psychology laboratory (1879, identify elements, or structures, of ________ _____________, introspection, looking inside the mind, systematic, detailed self-reports by the participants.
