PSY 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Wilhelm Wundt, Sigmund Freud, Confirmation Bias

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Phrenology the study of the mind, hippocrates, franz joseph gall. Wilhelm wundt philosopher/medical doctor, intended to make psychology a science, was the first psychology researching to publish in a scholarly journal, results focused on consciousness. Five main perspectives in psychological research today: biological emphasis on bodily events/changes associated with actions, feelings, and thoughts. What makes research scientific: precision we use the scientific method to gather observations and answer questions, it uses a systematic process with an order of operations. Start with a theory an organized set of principles or assumptions that aims to explain a phenomenon or how a set of phenomena are related. Hypothesis a statement that attempts to explain or describe a behaviour. Principle of falsifiability your prediction must be made in such a way that is can be refuted or disproved by the evidence. Three general types of research methods: descriptive studies describe and predict behaviour.