PSYC 213 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Memory, Test Cricket, Interaction
20 Nov 2018
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Determining how to study mental processes; the how and why of experience. Thinking about thinking goes back to ancient greece. They studied how human personality and characteristics were linked to mental processes. First early philosopher to consider the human mind. The world is a "reflection of our reality" Knowledge comes from observation but is also a priori. There is an innate nature of our minds. The basis of thought is forming associations based on observations. Key debates between these philosophers are still around. Studying philosophy: asking questions about how and why we think. Studying cognition: gathering evidence to support the answers. Focused on identifying the basic building blocks of the conscious experience with analytic introspection. Emphasized systematic, controlled observation for understanding the structure of the mind. Founded the first formal laboratory for psychological research in. Goal: to identify the simplest essential units of mind/consciousness, like the periodic table for chemistry. Asked what is the mind made of using introspection.
