PSYC 2650 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Visual Cortex, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Positron Emission Tomography

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2650
• Professor: Anneke Olthof

Document Summary

Study of knowledge not what we know but how we think, because how we think is influenced by what we know. Shown in h. m amnesia no sense of self. Wundt and student titchener experimental psych in 1800s. Process through which one looks within to observe/record contents of one"s own mental life. But mental activity is unconscious and not available to introspection. Claims found through introspection are subjective and not testable. The desire to be more scientific lead to changes in psychology in the 20th century. Focus switched to stimuli/behaviors that could be objectively studied, introspection is avoided. Behavior changes in response to stimuli i. e. rewards and punishment. But behavior cannot be understood only in terms of stimuli and responses. Behaviorism can"t handle that interpretation gets the results i. e. passing the salt . Experimental psychologists learned: introspection methods for studying mental events are not scientific but are necessary in order to understand behavior.