PSYC 3230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Edward B. Titchener, Wilhelm Wundt, Sq3R

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Empiricism: humans learn from experience, and scientific knowledge is enabled through observation and experimentation. Behaviorism: observing behavior helps you determine more about feelings and thoughts. Humanistic psychology: focused on how our environments can limit our individual growth potential. Rejected the current definition of psychology in the 1960"s. Enphasation on the growth potential of healthy people. Cognitive neuroscience: (interdisciplinary study) helped us learn more about brain activity caused by mental activity. Brain activity linked with thinking, memory, and language. Until the 1920"s psychology was the study of mental health . Biopsychosocial approach: considers influences of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors. Psychometrics: studying the measurement of our abilities, attitudes, and traits. Psychiatry: branch of medicine that deals with psychological disorders. Used by physicians who may provide medicine and therapy. Testing effect: testing isn"t just to asses our learning, but it also helps the human brain to remember the material better. Sq3r: five steps to studying: survey, question, read, retrieve, review.

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