APSY-UE 2 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Visual Field, Psychology, Nervous System

• School: New York University
• Department: Applied Psychology
• Course: APSY-UE 2
• Professor: Adina Schick

Document Summary

Psychology investigates questions about human behavior and does so in scientific ways. The definition has evolved over time, oversimplified by social media with misconceptions. Psychologists are not necessarily therapists but are composed of many subfields. Psychology was referred to as the study of the soul instead of the study of the mind, wasn"t a discipline to be studied under a little over a hundred years ago. William james (functionalism)-how ppl adapt their behavior and change, acclimate (patterns of child development, effectiveness of educational practices, behavioral differences across gender) Today-we believe that psychology is the science that studies behavior and the psychological and cognitive processes that underline that behavior, also seen as the profession that applies the accumulated knowledge of this science to solve practical problems. When exploring psychology as a field of study, some of the key themes are that psychology is. Empirical (meaning that with the conclusions drawn based on what is observed and tested)