PSY 110- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 24 pages long!)
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They need a stimulant to get the focusing part of the brain to work: uses an empirical (scienti c) method. Naturalistic observation: watch and record behavior in natural environment, good for describing, not explaining. Surveys: question people via paper, computer, or interview, economical, practical, sometimes the only way to get data (example: about how people think, warning: self-reports may be inaccurate. Psychology - study of behavior and mental processes. Structuralism - a method of interpretation and analysis of aspects of human cognition, behavior, culture, and experience. Functionalism - the theory that mental states can be sufficiently defined by their cause, their effect on other mental states, and their effect on behavior. Natural selection evolutionary perspective; fittest members of society live longer. Psychoanalysis - therapeutic approach where the therapist and the patient work together to bring the contents of the patient"s unconscious into the patient"s conscious awareness. Gestalt theory find out how people experience sensory input; in opposition to structuralism.
