PSYC 221 Study Guide - Final Guide: Franciscus Donders, Cognitive Psychology, Wilhelm Wundt

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 221
• Professor: Monica Castelhano

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Final exam review: the scientific investigation of human mental processes, the way humans interpret their environment, process info and form responses, underlying fabric of how you experience your day to day life. Where does knowledge come from: nativism we are born with it (plato, empiricism we learn it (aristotle) Problems with behaviorism: co(cid:374)ditio(cid:374)i(cid:374)g does(cid:374)"t e(cid:454)plain all, various behaviors cannot be conditioned, ex. Pig & coin suggests existence of instinct: language: It is ge(cid:374)e(cid:396)ati(cid:448)e & (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e a(cid:272)(cid:272)ou(cid:374)ted fo(cid:396) (cid:271)(cid:455) the sti(cid:373)ulus-response-reward notions of behaviorism: ex. Never saw a particular sentence, but can still answer if it is grammatically: practical problems during wwii (cid:449)e(cid:396)e(cid:374)"t add(cid:396)essed (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:271)eha(cid:448)io(cid:396)ists theo(cid:396)ies correct, ex. Tolman: used behavior to infer mental processes, rats & maze, cognitive map mental conception of spatial layout. Chomsky: viewed language as an inborn biological program, what behavior tells us about how the mind works (cid:862)a (cid:396)e(cid:448)ie(cid:449) of ki(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:396)"s (cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:271)al (cid:271)eha(cid:448)io(cid:396)(cid:863)