PSY-2012 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Scottish Common Sense Realism, Wilhelm Wundt, Confirmation Bias
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The scientific study of the mind, brain, and behavior. Social, psychological (behavioral and mental), biological (neurological/physiological, neurochemical, molecular) Structuralism: uses introspection to identify basic elements or structures of experience. Functionalism: adaptive value of consciousness, to understand the functions or adaptive purposes of our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors - william james. Structuralism and functionalism-how people take in information and react to it. Behaviorism: movement to observe data rather than reports of patient experiences; strived to make the study of psychology focused on observable behavior. Cognitive revolution: the cognitive revolution is the name for an intellectual movement in the 1950s that began what are known collectively as the cognitive sciences. Cognitive psychology is the scientific study of mind and mental function, including learning, memory, attention, perception, reasoning, language, conceptual development, and decision making. The modern study of cognition rests on the premise that the brain can be understood as a complex computing system.
