PSYC 2000 Lecture : Psychology Notes
Document Summary
Leipzig, germany: wilhelm wundt- founder of psychology as a discipline. Focused on conscious experience and its building blocks. Founded psychoanalysis, focused on unconscious thoughts in determining behavior: psychoanalysis- feelings come from a hidden place in your mind called the unconscious. The study of mental processes which attempts to characterize how info is stored and operated on internally: modern views- an important emphasis on the brain. Modern psychologists are eclectic approach problems from multiple perspectives. Attempts to describe, predict, and explain thought and behavior. Uses scientific method- a system for reducing bias and error in the measurement of data. Start with a hypothesis- a specific testable statement about relationships in nature. Hypothesis- intoxicated people show less motor coordination. Data- careful observations or numerical measurements of a phenomenon. Variables- aspects of a situation that can change or vary. Data: careful observations or numerical measurements of a phenomenon. Variables: aspects of a situation that can change, or vary.
