PSYC 101 Final: Psychology Final Review.docx
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The scientific study of behavior and the mind and their neurobiological bases. Word composed of: psych (spirit or soul) & logia (study of)=study of the spirit or soul. Anthropocentrism: the idea that people are the most important thing in the universe. Determinism: the idea that every event (including human thought & behavior) is determined by an unbroken chain of preceding events. Wundt: -established first formal laboratory for research in psychology. Primary focus was consciousness; investigation of the mind via scientific method. Hall: -contributed to rapid growth of psychology in the u. s. Structuralism: -analyze consciousness into its basic elements & investigate how they"re related. Depended on method of introspection (careful systematic observation of one"s own conscious experience) Functionalism: -analyze function/purpose of consciousness rather than its structure. Argued that consciousness is a continuing flow of thoughts (stream of consciousness) Behaviorism (watson): -scientific psychology should only study observable behavior and should abandon the study of consciousness.
