PSYC 221 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Frontal Lobe, Occipital Lobe
16 Oct 2013
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A branch of psychology that is concerned with the scientific study of the mind and mental processes. A system that controls mental functions (e. g. cognitive processes) and that creates mental representations of the world. Part i: early attempts at studying mental processing. Late 1800, early 1900s: wilhelm wundt, structuralism and empirical psychology. Empirical psychology = first form of psychology. Structuralism: overall experience is determined by combining basic elements of sensations . Method = analytic introspection: the verbal report it is a technique used on trained participants described their experiences and thought processes in response to stimuli. Measuring reaction time by how long it takes to respond to a presentation of a stimulus. Simple reaction time task: light flashes . Flashes perceive left light and decide which button to press press left button. One of the first cognitive psychology experiments. Mental processes cannot be measured directly; they must be inferred from behaviour. Determining the nature of memory and forgetting .
