PSYC 305 Study Guide - Winter 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Psychology, Behaviorism, Memory

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Chapter 1
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
11:59 PM
History and Systems Week 1 - Jan 10
Introduction
Psychology is a mix of two topics
Psyche ( Philosophy)
early thinkers
greece
ancient rome
Physiology
adding to science
understanding the way the body works
Why study this?
basis for studies conducted today
diversity within the field
evolution of the field
understanding the origins
The past
Historiography
the principles. methods and philosophical issues of historical research
Historians
Data cannot be reconstructed or replicated
events may not have been recorded accurately
analyzing it from different points of view
another point
Problems
Lost information
ex: John Watson : burnt his work when fired
Misplaced data
ex: official minutes from royal society (robert hooke)
early microscopy work
bateria and sperm
correspondence with Newton
Darwin
new information found 100 years after death\
Altered and Hidden History
only info that enhances the researcher is published
Freud and his cocaine use was minimize
Distortion in translation
language barriers ex id, ego and super ego actually is i, it and above i
Which is more important?
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a. the person who developed it
b. the times of the idea
The personalistic theory
progress and change are a result of an individual contribution
Great Man theory
the history of the world is but the biography of the great men
Naturalistic Theory
progress and change in inevitable
result of general zeitgeist
Zeitgeist
Intellectual and cultural climate or spirit of times
CHAPTER 1
History of Psychology
Making sense of the world around us
people seek comfort in understanding
before science people did not have the understanding that we do today
Ex: extreme weather
People would usually explain this as
a. church dogma (scriptures)
b. Past authorities
c. Superstition (Gods)
Having an understanding allows people to feel that they have a little more control over their lives
Science
seeking answers
has two main components
a. empirical observations
b. theory
Scientific theory is empiricism plus rationalism (in addition to being logical)
science and religion can work together quite nicely
Confirmable propositions
propositions that can be tested by experiments -> when confirmed many times the theory
can be validated and gain strength
Search for Laws
law consistently observed relationship between two or more classes of empirical events
> amenable to public observations and verification (ex law of gravity)
must become public knowledge *****
2 classes of Law
1. correlational laws
2. causal laws
Major goal of science is to discover the cause of natural phenomena
Assumption of determinism
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History and systems week 1 - jan 10. Psychology is a mix of two topics: psyche ( philosophy, early thinkers, greece, ancient rome, physiology, adding to science, understanding the way the body works. Why study this: basis for studies conducted today, diversity within the field, evolution of the field, understanding the origins. The past the principles. methods and philosophical issues of historical research: historiography, historians, data cannot be reconstructed or replicated, events may not have been recorded accurately, analyzing it from different points of view, another point. Which is more important? the person who developed it the times of the idea. The personalistic theory: progress and change are a result of an individual contribution. Great man theory the history of the world is but the biography of the great men. Naturalistic theory: progress and change in inevitable result of general zeitgeist. Intellectual and cultural climate or spirit of times.

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