PS101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Psychophysics, Behaviorism, Vaginal Lubrication
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Allows us to determine whether what we believe to be common sense is true, and it helps us to explore new ideas. Basic research- experimental research, looking at scientific understanding of how things work, involves seeking new knowledge and exploring and advancing general scientific understanding. Earliest pages of recorded history (people have studied why we do what we do forever) Starts when people wondered about human nature and human behaviour. Philosophers were the ones arguing about what it means to be human or alive and to experience things. Psychophysics- encouraged empirical examination (question, hypotheses, testing), physical stimuli and the responses they produce, such as sensation & perception. Choleric, yellow bile, - determined, quick to act, fiery, energetic, passionate. Wilhelm wundt- claimed founder of psychology, from germany. Belief that all experience could be reduced to basic elements. Goal; define/explain the structure of conscious experience, break it down into basic units and separate into its own individual bits, like the periodic table.
