PSY 1101 Final: Psy 1101 Final Exam Notes

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Brenda Baird

Document Summary

Scientific study of behavior and mental processes: scientific: answering questions objectively based on observable facts, data, and, behavioral: observable actions, mental: thoughts, feelings, sensations, perceptions, motivations, dreams, established methods subjective experiences. Working definition of psychology today: a result of an evolving view of psychology and. Physiology: branch of biology that studies the functions and parts of living organisms: scientific methods can be used to investigate questions about behavior and. First defined as the science of mental life. Structuralism: elemental parts/structures: edward titchener and wundt, engaged people in introspection; but this was found to be unreliable since. Function to allow results varied based on the person and experience. Functionalism : focuses on how mental and behavioural processes people and animals to adapt to their environment. And influenced by darwin: advocated by , james: a professor and philosopher; influential in establishing psychology in the. Us; did experiments on self, believed thinking developed because it was adapted and contributed to survival.