PSYC 11762 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Operational Definition, Childhood Obesity, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
23 Sep 2016
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Spiritual leader used a spell or potion to get rid of the spirit. Words stemmed from these myths that we still use (bipolar, mania, etc. ) Wandering uterus - why women were crazy. They determined that the body and mind are separate. Created the structuralism ( what ) approach to psychology. Identify elements, or structures , of the human mind. Introspective-how are my thoughts going around, why am i thinking these things. Led us to think what is the mind made of. Created the functionalism ( why ) approach to psychology. Study the purpose of mental processes ( why ) Examine behavior and mental processes through studying the body. Example: what area of the brain controls our understanding of language. Pictures of the brain to study the different areas of psychology. Human behavior is the result of adaptive changes over time ( evolution ) Study of observable behavioral responses to environmental stimuli.
