PSY 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Wilhelm Wundt, Edward B. Titchener, Sigmund Freud
5 Feb 2018
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Opened the first experimental psychology laboratory in leipzig, Interested in how individuals function in real world. Working with clients with neuroses, developed theory of personality. Personality driven by unconscious forces beyond our control. How people think, understand and know about their world. General principles that attempt to explain how several facts or events are related. Ex: people seem to get more active and aggressive after they witness a violent event. Theory: exposure to violence leads to increased aggressiveness. Specific statement that attempts to describe or explain behavior; describes. Specific statement that attempts to describe or explain behavior; describes relationship between variables. Leads to predictions about what will happen in a particular situation. Ex: exposure to violence leads to increased aggressiveness. Hypothesis: children who watch more violent tv will engage in more aggressive behavior than those who don"t watch as much violent tv. Variable = any measurable condition, event or characteristic that is controlled or observed in a study.
