PSC 1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Max Wertheimer, Gestalt Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
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Identify the broad range of topics that fall within the domain of psychology and the central themes that tie the field together as a science: mind, brain, and behavior, mind: mind refers to mental activity. Examples of the mind in action include the perceptual experiences (sights, smells, tastes, sounds, and touches) we have while interacting with the world. Some occur exclusively in humans, such as debating philosophy or performing surgery: description, prediction, explanation, control, description: describing what a phenomenon, prediction: predicting when a phenomenon might occur. Explanation: explaining what causes a phenomenon to occur: control: controlling the conditions under which a phenomenon occurs. Cognitive research has shown that the way people think about things influences their behavior (developed by george a. miller) The rise of behaviorism was due to the fact that the study of the mind had been too subjective and therefore unscientific.
