PSY 1101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: White Matter, Positron, Short-Term Memory
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The study of the brain and its mental processes. Science is objective- psychology isn"t always: difficult to define, quantify, and observe variables. Established in the mid to late 1800s. 1st experimental psychology lab was done by willhelm wundt in leipzig, germany. The exact description of consciousness is the sole aim of experimental psychology. Basic principles of experimentation are used to explain psychological phenomena. Structuralism: school of psychology that used introspection to examine the basic structures of the mind: highly subjective and unreliable, debate over the mind being physical or non-physical. Functionalism: school of psychology that focussed on how our mental and behavioural processes work and how they enable us to live: still highly subjective. Branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders. First clinical psychology department was the university of ottawa. Major branch of experimental psychology in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
