PSY 12000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Cognitive Revolution, B. F. Skinner, Psychoanalysis
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Psychology: scientific study of behavior and the mind. Prior to 1950: study of just the mind, done by philosophers and physiologists like freud and pavlov. Now there is emphasis on the scientific method. Mind: contents/processes of subject experience (sensations, thoughts, emotions) Behavior: anything observed and measured in systematic ways. Clinical: diagnose and treat problems, need post graduate degree; counselors that can refer to psychiatrist. Applied: extend principles of scientific psychology to everyday problems, need masters or post graduate degree; school and industrial counselors. Research: conduct basic research discovering principles of psychology (behavioral, personality, cognitive, developmental, social) 1-2 tracing the development of psychology: a brief history. Aristotle wrote about sleep/memory/sensation; argues that the mind is a tabula rasa/blank slate for experiences to be written on. Descartes argues that the mind and body are separate entities (body doesn"t think and the mind doesn"t operate because of the body) Today we reject this idea and call the mind brain activity.
