PSYC 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cognitive Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience, Gestalt Psychology
1 Mar 2016
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Psychology: the scientific study of mind and behavior. Mind: private inner experience of perceptions thought, memories, and feelings. Behavior: observable actions of human beings and nonhuman animals. Nativism: philosophical view that certain kinds of knowledge are innate and inborn. Philosophical empiricism: view that all knowledge is acquired through experience. Phrenology: now defunct theory, suggests that specific mental abilities and characteristics, ranging from memory to the capacity for happiness are localized in specific parts of the brain. Physiology: study of biological processes, especially in the human body. Reaction time: amount of time it takes to respond to a specific stimulus. Consciousness: a person"s subjective experience of the world and mind. Structuralism: the analysis of the basic elements that constitute the mind. Introspection: the subjective observation of one"s own experience. Functionalism: study of the purpose mental processes serve in enabling people to adapt to their environment.
