PSYCH 2010 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Intelligence Quotient, Memory, Behaviorism
20 Nov 2018
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93% of ceos had pets growing up base rate number natural occurrences ignoring the base rate . Nun study showed that the happier you are, on average, lived 10 years longer than those who were not happy. Empiricism conclusions should be based on systematic, direct observation you have to see it to believe it. Since it"s a science there is also a lot of skepticism. 2 schools of psychology that started in the us the first was structuralism (the what ) which analyzed into basic elements. Subjects (paid them to participate in the experiment) Stream of consciousness continuous flow of thought, conducted mental testing and. William james impressed with darwin and how darwin talked about the purpose of. The second one was functionalism (the why ) which investigated the function/purpose biology and thought that this was relative to humans and their behaviors differences between the sexes.
