PSY-200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Behaviorism, Empiricism, Behavioral Neuroscience

• School: University of Tampa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY-200
• Professor: Wu, Steven Fei

Document Summary

Find 2 articles; 1 article, 1 advertisement and nd the fallacy in the argument. Distinguishing the difference between science of psychology and popular (folk) psychology. Applies psychological concepts and questions to work settings( turnover) Social psychology:how the real or imagined presence f others in uences thought, feeling and behavior. Health psychology:role that psychological factors play in physical health and illness. Educational psychology: how students learn the effectiveness of particular teaching techniques the dynamics of schools population and the psychology of teaching. Sports psychology: examines the psychological factors that affect performance and participation in sports and exercise. Forensic psychology- eld that blends psychology, law and criminal justice. A brief history of the practice of psychology. The philosophy of british empiricism: your personality become what it becomes by experience. Psychophysics of human perception: rst scienti c form of psychology; laboratory studies of the subjective experience of physical sensations; differs from the study of physics.