PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Habituation

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jill L Atkinson

Document Summary

Explain structuralism and functionalism in relation to empiricism. Psychological phenomenon only there when cause is there. Understand cause through systemic observation and experiment --> empirical. Use rationalism (logic and reason) to create theories. Summary: science = examine what is known, come up with prediction, test using experimentation, gather data, draw conclusion. Tech = application of scientific knowledge, i. e clinical psychology and diagnosis. Science = finding cause of phenomena i. e clinical psychology and research of sicknesses. Characteristics vary among individuals, heritable, some attributes favoured over others. Behaviour: an action that can be observed and measured i. e baby habituation experiment. Behaviour: looking at the object mental process: habituation. The parts most people experience a similar way.