[PS101] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (16 pages long)
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Ps is study of behaviour and mental processes, such as thought and emotion. Levels of analysis when studying why a certain behaviour or mental process occurs, one can study the influences of: the brain: neural activity, the person: emotions, ideas, thoughts, the group: friends, family, culture. Want to make it scientific, using scientific methods to study the mind, Questions posed by philosophy: roots of the tree. Ask about nurture vs nature, pose questions, find solutions through observation. Methods borrowed from the physical sciences other side of the roots. Philosophers were the ones arguing about what it was to be human , alive , & to experience things . The change: wilhelm wundt (founding father of ps) Founder of ps (acclaimed)- conducted the first documented ps study. Tried to focus on the mind- asked participants to press down on the key when the ball drop.
