PSYC 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Long-Term Memory, Sensory Memory, Procedural Memory
17 Mar 2014
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Psychology - the understanding of mental processes and behaviors by using a scientific approach. Aristotle discovered that to understand the human psyche, we must look at it"s bodily manifestations. Added to his theory were two key elements. A method of interpretation and analysis of aspects of human cognition, behavior, culture, and experience that focuses on relationships of contrast between elements in a conceptual system that reflect patterns underlying a superficial diversity. (titchener) A method that focuses on the introspection and search for the smallest elements. Focuses on the outcome of mental process and behavior. (james) A method that focuses on behaviors as the only way to derive general principles of. A method that returns to mental processes but uses other approaches than just introspection. (piaget) Our perceptions of out environment of others and even of ourselves is not reliable. Thus we need a systematic approach to study any topic. Even more important when the topic involves subject experiences.
