PSYC 308 Study Guide - Final Guide: Scientific Method

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 308
• Professor: Snjezana Huerta

Document Summary

There are regions which are inaccessible to science (1: we can"t use science" to study the mind and its ways. Is science really the kind of thing we have implied? (2: the scientific method is good for uncovering some things, but it completely misses others and fails to explain certain things. Gestalt wants to identify the nature of such wholes". Like a math equation, psychological phenomena"s not independent; there is a functional relationship which allows the formula to work, and without that connection and that deeper and comprehensive understanding, the formula won"t work (3) Question whether perhaps any part depends upon the particular whole in which it occurs (5: traditional theory of visual contrast be replaced by a theory which takes account of whole-part conditions. Ego: my field comprises my ego (6) His total experience is his field, his environment interactions with his consciousness: the ego is a functional part of the total field (6)