PSYC 1010 Study Guide - Comprehensive Midterm Guide: Little Albert Experiment, Oval Window, Metacognition
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Definition: the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Mental processes: thoughts, feelings, and motives that cannot be observed directly: examples: thinking, feeling, memory. What makes humans different from other animals is the possession of a soul. Studying the body is not sufficient to study the soul/mind. Rene descartes (1596-1650) i think therefore i am . Referred to the mind as the soul to appease the church. We are 2 entities: body- res extensa, soul- res cogitans. Founded the first psychology laboratory in leipzig, germany, 1879. Objective introspection- the process of objectively examining and measuring one"s own thoughts. Psychology with a focus on the structure of the mind. Margaraet f. washburn- first female ph. d in psychology (1894) Functionalism- probed the functions and purposes of the mind and behavior. The school of psychology studying how the mind allows peioke to function in the world. Mental traits that help us survive shpuld be passed on.
