PSYC 2000 Chapter : PSYC 2000 Exam 1
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Psychology in action & the history of psychology. Mapping out the whole semester vs. living week to week (or day to day) Calendar + day planner + to do list. Thinking about how the task relates to your larger goals and values. The scientific study of behavior and mental processes. 2, founded the 1st experimental psychology laboratory. Translated lots of wundt"s work into english. Study consciousness by trying to understand its smallest, most basic elements. Introspection of thoughts as well as physical objects. Felt structuralism was moving away from the goal. The study of the function of consciousness-how the mind allows people to work, play, adapt, to the new circumstances. *chicken noodle soup example* (doesn"t taste the same when broken apart) Discovered that reflexes could be conditioned (learned) Gestalt psychology: how we experience the world. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Worked with patients whose complaints had no identifiable physical cause.
