PSYC 100 Study Guide - Mixed Affective State, Determinism, Behaviour Therapy

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An event that causes another event to occur. The scientific study of the causes of human behaviour. Animism: primitive philosophy: every animal has a spirit providing their motive force. Psychology is based on the assumption that behaviour is strictly subject to physical laws like any other phenomenon. Rene descartes (1596-1650) proposed 2 ideas: reflex: the automatic response, dualism: philosophical belief that reality consists of mind and matter. We believe our conscious mind controls our behaviour generally. Behaviourism: the only proper subject matter for scientific study in psychology is observable. Humanistic psychology: emphasizes human experience, choice, creativity, self-realization and positive growth. Gestalt psychology: cognitive processes could be understood by studying their organization not elements. Psychophysics: measure the quantitative relation between physical stimulation and perception experience. Determinism: doctrine that behaviour is the result of prior elements. Extrapolates (makes the results different/larger) for a different sized population (usually larger)

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