PS260 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Visual Cortex, Positron Emission Tomography
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Introspection: the process though which one looks within to observe and record contents of ones own mental life. Much mental activity is unconscious/not available to method of introspection. Claims derived from introspection are subjective and not testable. Focus shifted to stimuli and behaviours that could be objectively studied. Behaviourism: uncovered principles of how behaviour changes in response to stimuli such as rewards and punishments. Behaviour cannot be understood only in terms of stimuli and responses. Behaviour also depends on things like perception, understanding, interpretation and strategy. Speech stimuli that are physically different can result in same response. Speech stimuli that are physically identical can result in different responses. Bad luck to say pass the salt during a thunderstorm. In both cases, it is the interpretation of meaning that determines the response. Example of research in cognitive psychological = working memory. Could not grieve for uncle who had died; always heard news as if for the first time.
