PSY 1101 Study Guide - Social Neuroscience, Applied Psychology, Sociobiology
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Modern psychology consists of many different branches. These branches and divisions are somewhat arbitrary and are based on (1) whether the psychologist is a basic, fundamental researcher (an experimental psychologist), an applied psychologist using the applications of experimental psychology (thus an applied psychologist) or a clinical psychologist. Wilhelm wundt in leipzig, germany. Wundt studied basic and simple concepts of consciousness. The exact description of consciousness is the sole aim of experimental psychology : structuralism. Titchener asked his research participants to verbally state what they were experiencing when, for example, they smelled a flower, heard music, and so forth. This method of looking inward and reflecting on one"s own conscious experience was called introspection. We shall see more about this debate later when we discuss scientific methods. Pragmatism also forms the basis of another american philosophy, this one economic, capitalism. For many philosophers, pragmatism is an exceedingly empty principle.
