PSYC 1000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Demand Characteristics, Wilhelm Wundt, Empiricism

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Anneke Olthof

Document Summary

Terms and questions are gathered from online assignments on course link: key terms. The scientific method - a standardized way of making observations, gathering data, forming theories, testing predictions, and interpreting results. Where only one or a few anecdotes are presented, there is a larger chance that they may be unreliable due to cherry-picked or otherwise non-representative samples of typical cases. Clinical psychology - the field of psychology that concentrates on the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders. Psychiatry - the medical specialty devoted to the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders. Sigmund freud - one of the main influences of 20th century psychology; developed psychoanalysis. John b. watson - john broadus watson was an american psychologist who established the psychological school of behaviorism. John b. watson and playing with fear: an example of classical conditioning and phobias. Introspection - the examination of one"s own conscious thoughts and feelings.