PSY 102 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Bias Blind Spot, Humanistic Psychology, Pseudoscience
26 Oct 2016
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Scientific psychology: process based approach, not concerned with individuals but group norms. Deterministic view that behaviour can be explained in terms of biological, electrical and chemical changes in the brain. Humanistic psychology: we can predict behaviour, not through deterministic laws, but based on common culture, values, language, development and attitudes. Create a periodic table" of elements of consciousness. Identify the functions or purpose of psychological characteristics. Psychology should focus on observable behaviour, nothing else. Human behaviour could be explained by external variables (rewards and punishments) Children seen the world in different ways than adults. We learn through developing insight into underlying nature of problems. Focus on internal, unconscious process that control our behaviour (drives) Apophenia: tendency to perceive meaningful connections among unrelated phenomena. e. g. , thinking about a friend you haven"t talked to in a months and they randomly call you. Pareidolia: seeing meaningful image in meaningless visual stimuli.
