PSYC 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Statistical Inference, Reciprocal Altruism, Classical Conditioning

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jordan Poppenk

Document Summary

Summarize how psychology is relevant to many diferent professions. Identify several ields in which psychologists may work. Describe the roles of psychological research, including the diferent types of psychologists and the problems they study. Explain structuralism and functionalism in relation to empiricism. Functionalism= purpose->knowledge through understanding utility what is it for . Science expla ins the results of observation and experimenta tion with theories that in turn a re used to predict ne w phenomena . Scie ntists use logic and reason to crea te these theorie s; this is called ra tionalism . A theory"s success is measured by its ability to explain past obse rvations and predict future results. Describe how psychology its with other sciences. Science explains the results of observation and experimentation using theories, and use logic and reason to create these theories. Explain the importance of veriiability, reliability and objectivity.