01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sigmund Freud, Uch, Scientific Method
9 Oct 2018
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The study, through research, of mind, brain, and behavior. Nature-nurture: are psychological characteristics and behaviors biologically innate or acquired through education, experience, and culture. Structuralism: an approach to psychology based on the idea that conscious experience can be broken down into its basic underlying components. Functionalism: an approach to psychology concerned with the adaptive purpose, or function, of mind and behavior. Specific technique of investigation of the mind and a therapy. Sigmund freud: much of human behavior is determined by mental processes operating below the level of awareness. Wundt: can see what"s going on in people"s mind. He would put an object in their hand and then tell them to repeat/ say what they were feeling. Unconscious: the place where mental processes operate below the level of conscious awareness. Behaviorism: a psychological approach that emphasizes the role of environmental forces in producing observable behavior.
