PS101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sigmund Freud, Edward B. Titchener, Psychoanalysis
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Psychology: how an organisms environment, physical and mental state effect their mind and behaviour. Functionalism (william james): focuses on the analysis of immediate experiences into basic elements. Structuralism (eb titchener): focused on the function of behaviour. Behaviourism (john watson): focus only on observable behaviours. Psychoanalysis (sigmund freud): focused on how unconsciousness processes guide behaviour. Humanism (paul rogers): emphasises unique human qualities, like freedom and growth. Includes history: behaviour determined by multiple causes, behavior shaped by culture, behavior shaped by nature and nurture, people experience of world is subjective. Hypothetico-deductive: hypothesis -> observation/experiment -> hypothesis supported or not supported (thus theory is built) Theory (general): set of assumptions that explain a set of phenomena. Hypothesis (specific): a statement that attempts to account/predict phenomena. Principle of falsibility: a theory is to be stated in a way that is can be disproved. Confirmation bias: the tendency to look for info that confirms ones belief. Scientific investigation: hypothesis, research method, data, analyze, report.
