PSYC 2000 : Psyc 2000
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Psychology: scientific study of human behavior and mental processes, systematic method of controlled measurement, replication, and falsification, basic vs. Applied science: basic science creates scientific knowledge. Ex. cognitive: applied science applies knowledge to practical problems. Psychologists try to measure all things: are our minds blank tabula rosa, socrates. Nature is who you are born to be from day one. Nurture is the influences around you how people you know interact with you. 3 roots of psychological sciences: empiricism- knowledge gathered from senses through experience, structuralism- knowledge develops from introspection analysis of experience, functionalism- study of how mind and body adampt to enviornment to enable survival. Burning your hand by not putting on the oven mit. Depression is also probably both nurture and nature. January 16, 2009: which philosopher believed our minds are tabula rosa, aristotle. Nurture: adopted children are most likely to share similar personality traits with their, biological parents.
