PSY 3303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Gestalt Psychology, James Mckeen Cattell, Psych
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Theory- conclusions drawn from closely related phenomena or multiple observations. Science: approach to inquiry, can actually be measured and observed. A brand of science dealing with the mental processes and behavior of individuals and groups. Applied science- application of scientific knowledge to practical problems. Jobs: sports psychologist, marketing, organizational development, hr, psychotherapist, researcher, criminal investigator, college instructor. Overview of the research process: idea for the study, designing the study, application to irb, irb protects privacy of subjects and will review idea for studies, collecting data, analyzing data, peer review publication process. Empiricism- john locke and thomas read emphazised empiricism, the primary of senses in acquiring knowledge. Scientific psych comes to the us: psychology comes to the us, w(cid:437)(cid:374)(cid:282)(cid:410)(cid:859)(cid:400) (cid:396)(cid:286)(cid:367)(cid:258)(cid:410)(cid:349)(cid:381)(cid:374)(cid:400)(cid:346)(cid:349)(cid:393) (cid:410)(cid:381) t(cid:349)(cid:410)(cid:272)(cid:346)(cid:286)(cid:374)(cid:286)(cid:396) (cid:258)(cid:374)(cid:282) (cid:410)(cid:396)(cid:437)(cid:272)(cid:410)(cid:437)(cid:396)(cid:258)(cid:367)(cid:349)(cid:400)(cid:373) (cid:894)(cid:400)(cid:410)(cid:437)(cid:282)(cid:455)(cid:349)(cid:374)(cid:336) (cid:272)(cid:381)(cid:374)(cid:410)(cid:286)(cid:374)(cid:410)(cid:400) (cid:381)(cid:296) (cid:410)(cid:346)(cid:286) mind, rapid spread of experimental psychology, balance of science and practice. Us: must of his work focused on child development and education.
