AUPSY101- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 34 pages long!)

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Augustana Faculty - Psychology
• Course: AUPSY101
• Professor: Timothy Parker

Document Summary

Behaviorism: jb watson, reaction to introspection, focus on observable behaviour - you can count it, to think about how the environment might in uence behaviour, observable s-r relationship. Cognitive psychology: mental processes exist, reaction time as measurement as it reveals processes. Friday, september 9, 2016: scienti c study of mental processes, computer analogy, thought processes. Psychobiological: genes and brain function - how our genes tie to brain function. Evolutionary: it wasn"t that long ago that human organisms were hunters and gatherers, ancestors guided us with our behaviours. Use of highly trained conscious experiences that can be known through introspection introspectionists. Emphasizes the function of the mind and behaviour in adapting. Introspection and occasional use of behavioural observation to the environment. Stresses the behaviour of the organism by using very precise objective methods. Emphasizes perceptual organizations of form and con guration in the mind. Observation, but usually not as tightly controlled as in behaviourism.