PSYC 2000 : Final Study Guide
Document Summary
Wundt: created the first lab in 1879 leipzig, germany, founder of psychology as a discipline, focused on conscious experience/building blocks, trained early psychologist. Objective introspection: process of objectively examining and measuring ones own thoughts and mental activities. William james: first american psychologist, disagreed with wundt and titchener because he wanted to know the why, heavily influenced by the works of charles darwin, if physical traits could aid in survival why couldn"t behavioral traits. Functionalism: mental associations allow us to benefit from previous experiences, how people work, play, and adapt to their surrounding. Behaviorism: grew out of frustration with structuralism and functionalism not getting anywhere, little albert, phobias, scared a child to produce fear. Scientific method: perceive a question, forming a hypothesis, test hypothesis, draw conclusions, report results. Dependent variable: the response of the participants to the manipulation of the independent variable, measured as the independent variable is changed. Nervous system: central nervous system, the brain.
