PS101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Psychometrics, American Psychological Association, Social Forces
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Schools of thought or theoretical perspectives : structuralism: Based on the notion that the task of psychology is to analyze consciousness into its basic elements and investigate how these elements are related identify and examine fundamental components of a conscious experience (sensations, feelings) laboratory investigation. Introspection- the careful, systematic self-observation of one"s own conscious experience trained subjects were exposed to auditory tones, optical illusions and visual stimuli and analyzed what they experienced: no independent objective evaluation (solely evaluated on individual"s reflection) Chapter one: the evolution of psychology high-profile events, such as bullying, served to motivate and energize researchers in psychology to attempt to document and understand such acts, in hopes of reducing the occurrence. Psychology: greek for psyche; the study of the mind . The science that studies behaviour and the physiological and cognitive processes that underlie it, and it is the profession that applies the accumulated knowledge of this science to practical problems.
